Experts in Coins & Medals

IONIA. Uncertain mint. Circa 650-600 BC. 1/24 Stater (Electrum, 6 mm, 0.60 g), Lydo-Milesian standard. Striated pattern, consisting of six vertical and one horizontal line. Rev. Irregular incuse punch. Unpublished, save for its auction appearance: Rosen -. SNG Kayhan -. Traité -. Weidauer -. Very well centered and lightly toned. Extremely fine.

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great', 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 18 mm, 4.09 g, 11 h), Abydos, circa 310-301. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Zeus seated left on a backless throne, holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter with his left; below eagle, monogram; below throne, Z. Müller 1626. Price 1534. Lightly toned. Good very fine.