Lot n° 210
Estimation :
400 - 450
EUR
KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA - Lot 210
KINGDOM OF MACEDONIA
ALEXANDER III THE GREAT 336-323
Head of Heracles, right, wearing a leonté. R/. Zeus
aëtophore seated left and leaning on a long scepter.
Behind, AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ. Front, E and under seat, Φ.
♦ Pozzi cf 931; Price 2838a
Silver tetradrachm struck in 218-186 at Phaselis (Lycia).
(16,90 g)
Wide flan. Beautiful portrait. Very fine/T.B.
The first king of Macedonia was Alexander I Phihellene (498-454). After Alexander III, the king's true portrait appears on the coins of Demetrius Poliorcetes, Antigonus Gonatas. Philip V was the last king of Macedonia. Perseus defeated by the Romans at Pydna in 168 BC.
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