Kings of Macedon. Mytilene. Alexander III "the Great" 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm AR

36mm., 15,23g.

Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞ[ΑΝΔΡΟΥ], Zeus seated left on high-backed throne, right leg drawn back, holding long scepter in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing right with closed wings, monogram above kithara in left field; ivy leaf below throne.

very fine, darkly toned

Price 1736.

From the Tareq Hani private collection.