GC Le monete più attraenti di Alessandro Magno

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Asta Classical Numismatic Group, LLC Triton XXIX  13-14 Jan 2026 https

Lot 135. Estimate: 750 USD. Price realized: 1600 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.18 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tarsos mint. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field, Θ below throne. Price 3036; Newell, Tarsos 41, obv. die XLIII; ANS inv. 1944.100.33663 (same obv. die). Traces of find patina, graffito (Aramaic B) in field on reverse. EF.

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Asta Classical Numismatic Group, LLC Triton XXIX  13-14 Jan 2026 https

Lot 136. Estimate: 750 USD. Price realized: 1800 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.13 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Susa mint. Struck under Koinos, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; below throne, ΛA above strut, monogram below. Price 3846 var. (position of monogram); Roma E-Sale 111, lot 186 (same dies). Toned, a couple of minor die breaks on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, unpublished and only the Roma coin in CoinArchives.

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Asta Classical Numismatic Group, LLC Triton XXIX  13-14 Jan 2026

Lot 139. Estimate: 2500 USD. Price realized: 5250 USD.
KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or king, 305-298 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.59 g, 5h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike, wearing long chiton, standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, trident head horizontally left. Price 175; Troxell, Ants, Issue 3; Westmoreland 11 (this coin). Underlying luster, minor marks. Good VF. Well centered on a broad flan.

From the Westmoreland Collection, purchased from Noble Numismatics.

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Asta Classical Numismatic Group, LLC Triton XXIX  13-14 Jan 2026

Lot 140
Estimate: 750 USD. Price realized: 3000 USD.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 16.98 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; bee in left field. Price 859; ANS inv. 1944.100.29596 (same dies); Meydancikkale 507; Westmoreland 20 (this coin). Iridescent toned, minor double strike and tiny die break on obverse, scratch at edge on reverse. VF. Extremely rare, only two in Pella, none in CoinArchives (the two attributed as such are erroneous), and Price references the Meydancikkale coin.

From the Westmoreland Collection, purchased from Colin Pitchfork, 5 September 2005. Ex Hirsch 223 (16 September 2002), lot 1541; Monetarium 61 (Spring 1994), no. 34.

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