Lot 2493

Description

Macedon, Kingdom of, Alexander III, (336-323 B.C.), silver didrachm, (8.13 g), Babylon Mint, issued 325-323 B.C., (Price), obv. Head of Alexander as young Herakles clad in lion skin to right. rev. Zeus Aetophoros seated left on throne with both legs parallel, holding eagle and sceptre. to right, **[AL]EXANDROU,* in field to left, M, below throne monogram of **FLI* (S.6727, Price 3603 (p.460, Pl.CXXI), BMC 3603, Muller 674, SNG Ash. 3038, Weber 2126 Hirsch Sale 15/5/1905, Rhousoupoulos lot 1123., Howorth "Babylon" Pl.1,19, Waggoner "Babylon" No.100). Good very fine and very rare.

Ex Noble Numismatics Sale 115, lot 4207. From the David Worland Collection. Purchased New York for $1200US, sold in Spink Australia Sale 27 2/3/87 (lot 1100) for $1200. Rhousoupoulos Sale 15/5/1905 same dies similar condition realised 125 DM described "as a great rarity". Another of similar type and dies in Spink 20 Zurich 6/10/1986 (lot 194 at 1500 Sfr + 10% = $1650). This type is also present in the Hersh Collection.