Ancient Coins

Kings of Macedon, Kings of Macedon, Alexander III, posthumous Tetradrachm, Klazomenai, c. 200, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin head-dress, rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left, monogram and winged boar-forepart flying left in left field, 16.80g/11h (Price 1747, this coin listed). Superb extremely fine and evenly toned, only two examples cited by Price (£1,000-1,500)

Provenance:
Bank Leu Auktion 22 (Zurich), 8 May 1979, lot 78.

Illustrated in The Art of Coins and their Photography, by Gerald Hoberman, p.115