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Lot 35-032. Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. 336-323 B.C. AR obol. Ake-Ptolemaïs (or possibly Tyre) mint, Uncertain date, probably either year 20 or 21 (327/6 or 326/5 B.C.). From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.

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Lot 35-032. Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. 336-323 B.C. AR obol. Ake-Ptolemaïs (or possibly Tyre) mint, Uncertain date, probably either year 20 or 21 (327/6 or 326/5 B.C.). From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. 336-323 B.C. AR obol (8 mm, 0.59 g, 7 h). Ake-Ptolemaïs (or possibly Tyre) mint, Uncertain date, probably either year 20 or 21 (327/6 or 326/5 B.C.). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / [ΑΛΕΞΑΝ...], Zeus seated left, holding eagle and scepter; in left field, Persian era date (off flan). Cf. Price 3253 (dated year 21); cf. Newell 15 (same); HGC 10, 6 (also year 21). VF, porous.

From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.

Although Price and Newell only record year 21 (326/5 B.C.) for this issue, Cohen, The Dated Coins of Antiquity, records a second date, year 20, citing an example seen in trade in April 2009.

 
Estimate:
$  100.00
Final Price:
$ 60.00 (1 bid(s))
Approximately EUR 0.00 / GBP 0.00
Time remaining:
Bidding closed (Tuesday, 23 Jun 2015, 12:15:30)
Current time: Wednesday, November 20th, 10:29:23

Bidding Details - Lot 35-032, Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great. 336-323 B.C. AR obol. Ake-Ptolemaïs (or possibly Tyre) mint, Uncertain date, probably either year 20 or 21 (327/6 or 326/5 B.C.). From the Kenneth Miller Collection of Ake-Ptolemaïs and Related Biblical Coins.

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