ALEXANDER THE GREAT SILVER TETRADRACHM – EXTREMELY RARE VARIETY OF SIDON DATED CIVIC YEAR 2 – NGC XF GREEK MACEDONIAN COIN (INV. 21623)

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21623. MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. ALEXANDER III, THE GREAT. 336–323 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 17.11 g, 28 mm. POSTHUMOUS issue of Sidon, dated civic year 2 (308/7 BC).
Obv. Head of young Heracles right in lion skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and scepter, B over M in left field, ΣI under throne.
Price 3523; Newell, Sidon, 67; Vienna GR 29626 (same reverse die); ANS 1944.100.35238 (same obverse die).
NGC XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, “die shift,” extremely rare variety, with no specimens in market records and only two listed in the Pella database (cited above).