KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Kassander. Circa 325-310 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 16.96 g, 4h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΣI in left field. Price 236 (Pella). Near VF, some roughness.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.See N.J. Moore, The Lifetime and Early Posthumous Coinage of Alexander the Great from Pella (Princeton University, 1984), Appendix I, for the attribution of this issue to an uncertain mint in Macedon, rather than Pella.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.16 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; cornucopia in left field. Price 108; Troxell, Studies, Issue G1. Good VF, underlying luster.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.18 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Athena Promachos right. Price 109; Troxell, Studies, Issue G2. Near EF, underlying luster, slight die shift, a couple tiny die breaks.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.20 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Athena Promachos right. Price 109; Troxell, Studies, Issue G2. Good VF, lightly toned, underlying luster.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.92 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Macedonian helmet in left field. Price 113; Troxell, Studies, Issue H3. VF, lightly toned.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1997.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.01 g, 8h). In the name of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Θ below throne. Price 214; Moore 78–132. Near VF, toned, some deposits.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Triton XII (6 January 2009), lot 1201 (part of).
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.28 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grain ear in left field. Price 2100; ADM I Series III. Near EF, underlying luster. Well centered.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.26 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Miletos mint. Struck under Asandros, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grain ear in left field. Price 2100; ADM I Series III. Near EF, underlying luster, minor die shift and light scratch on reverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.28 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, rose below throne. Price 2585; ADM I Series XII. EF, lustrous, minor die shift on obverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.33 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above [torch]. Price 2589; ADM I Series XII. EF, lustrous, slightly off center strike.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16mm, 4.28 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above bee. Price 2595; ADM I Series XIII. Superb EF, lustrous, a little off center on reverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 4.37 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above torch. Price 2599; ADM I Series XIII. Superb EF, lustrous, a little off center on reverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.29 g, 1h). In the name of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, horizontal torch below throne. Price 2600; ADM I Series XIII. Superb EF, lustrous, compact flan.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (17.5mm, 4.27 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above [torch]. Price 2602; ADM I Series XIII. Superb EF, lustrous, a little off center on reverse.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Drachm (15.5mm, 4.30 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck under Menander, circa 323/2 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, torch to outer right. Price 2602A; ADM I Series XIII, 181 = ANS inv. 1944.100.31147 (same dies). EF, lustrous, compact flan. Extremely rare, only one in Pella (= the one in ADM), one in CoinArchives (CNG E-417, lot 97), all from the same dies.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Hemidrachm (13mm, 2.00 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 320-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; ΦI in left field, ΛΣ below throne. Price 2962 (Side(?) mint). VF, toned, granular surfaces.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.61 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Γ in left field, A below throne. Price 2646; ADM I Series XVII. VF, toned, cleaning marks, deposits.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 16.58 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Γ in left field, amphora in outer right field, A below throne, ivy leaf in exergue. Price 2649; ADM I, Series XVII. Near VF, lightly toned, some roughness, slightly off center on reverse.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 16.90 g, 9h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monograms in left field and below throne. Price 2680 var. (monogram below throne). Near VF, lightly toned, small area of flat strike.From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 209 (22 April 2009), lot 71.
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.06 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tyre mint. Dated RY 9 of an uncertain king (309/8 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, -|O (Phoenician 'K = '...k [king of Tyre]) and ||| ||| above ||| (date [9 in Phoenician]). Price 3299 (Ake); Newell, Dated 48, obv. die XLI; DCA 738. VF, lightly toned, slightly off center, light scratches on reverse. Clear date.
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