ALEXANDER THE GREAT – EARLY POSTHUMOUS ISSUE OF AMPHIPOLIS – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK MACEDON COIN (Inv. 19637)

$850.00

19637. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT, 336–323 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.19 g, 26 mm. Early posthumous issue of Amphipolis, ca. 315–294 BC.
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, Λ above torch in left field, ΜF monogram below throne.
Price 456A.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5. A surprisingly rare variety of Amphipolis’ Alexanders with only 2 specimens in the Pella database (Bibliothèque nationale de France and National Numismatic Collection, De Nederlandsche Bank, Amsterdam) as well as 4 others on CoinArchives.