Tetradrachm In the name of Alexander III; Pella or Amphipolis

Features

Issuer	Kingdom of Macedonia
King	Antigonus II Gonatas (277 BC - 239 BC)
Stated authority	Alexander III the Great (336 BC - 323 BC)
Type	Standard circulation coins
Years	275 BC - 271 BC
Value	Tetradrachm (4)
Currency	Attic drachm
Composition	Silver
Weight	16.92 g
Diameter	26 mm
Shape	Round (irregular)
Technique	Hammered
Orientation	Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 494616
References	Price# 625 Martin Jessop Price; 1991. The Coinage in Name of Alexander the Great and Philip Arrhidaeus. Société suisse de numismatique = Schweizerische Numismatische Gesellschaft, British Museum (2 volumes). , SNG Ashmolean# 2661 Oxford University Press (publisher). Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum: Volume V - Ashmolean Museum. Oxford University Press, London, United Kingdom (7 volumes). , BostonMFA# 690 Agnes Baldwin Brett; 1955. Catalogue of Greek Coins. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. , Müller# 228 Ludvig Müller; 1855. Numismatique d’Alexandre le Grand; Appendice les monnaies de Philippe II et III = Numismatics of Alexander the Great; Appendix the coins of Philip II and III. Imprimerie de Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, Denmark. , Mathisen Amphipolis# 8 Ralph W. Mathisen; 1983. “The Administrative Organization of the Mint of Amphipolis in Early Antigonid Macedonia (c.280-270 B.C.)”, SAN (3 articles).

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Obverse

Head of beardless Heracles right wearing lion skin headdress.

Reverse

Zeus seated on stool-throne left, eagle on outstretched right hand, sceptre in left hand; in left field crested helmet and below the throne monogram.

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ

Mints

	Amphipolis, Macedonia, modern-day Amfipoli, Greece
	Pella, Macedonia, Greece

Mark

Price Monogram 362

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Date					VG	F	VF	XF	AU	UNC
Undetermined
ND (275 BC - 271 BC)							$ 240

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Past sales

Pictures	Sale	Date	Grade	Sold price
	Heritage Auctions Wednesday & Thursday World & Ancient Coins Weekly Online Auction 232043 Lot 64019	21 Oct 2020	AU (NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 3/5)	USD 900.00 (+ buyer's premium)
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	Solidus Numismatik Auction 26 Lot 31	17 Feb 2018	XF	USD 928.55 (EUR 800.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Solidus Numismatik e.K.
	Gorny & Mosch Online Auction 286 Lot 4182	29 Mar 2022	VF	USD 185.71 (EUR 160.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung
	Leu Numismatik Web Auction 5 Lot 110	23 Sep 2018	VF	USD 240.19 (CHF 190.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Leu Numismatik
	Numismatik Naumann GmbH Auction 56 Lot 79	6 Aug 2017	VF	USD 301.78 (EUR 260.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Numismatik Naumann GmbH
	CNG Electronic Auction 300 Lot 28	10 Apr 2013	VF	USD 450.00 (+ buyer's premium)
Ex 1990s Balkan Area Hoard (CH IX, 196)
© Classical Numismatic Group, Inc.
	Gorny & Mosch Auction 186 Lot 1276	8 Mar 2010	VF	USD 290.17 (EUR 250.00) (+ buyer's premium)
© Gorny & Mosch GmbH Giessener Münzhandlung