CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY
- Emperor:
- Alexander III the Great
- Denomination:
- AE Unit
- Composition:
- Bronze
- Date:
- 336-323 BC
- Obverse:
- Head of Herakles, wearing nemean lionskin headdress, facing right
- Reverse:
- AΛEΞANΔΡO(Y) ("ALEXANDROU"), Bow above, with handle on left; bow and quiver, below
- Reference:
- Price 266 var. (club handle on left, ; SNG Alpha Bank 755; SGCV II 6744 var. (control mark); Müller Alexander - ; SNG Cop -
- Size:
- 18.10mm, 5.1g, 6h
- Province:
- Macedon, unknown mint
- Grade:
- gVF, attractive green patina, earthen highlights
- Rarity:
- apparently unpublished and unique
- Rarity Details:
- Not in Price; we could not find in online auction archives
- Provenance:
- ex Solidus Numismatik e.K. Monthly Auction 28 (14 April 2018), Lot 2025 (part of); ex Numismatik Naumann Auction 26 (14 December 2016), Lot 111
- Information:
- This coin was issued during Alexander the Great's lifetime. This variant appears to be unpublished and unique. Price does not list any examples with club on top, handle on right without control marks. Online auction archive searches yielded only an earlier sale of the same coin.
Alexander the Great requires no introduction. One of the most influential people of all time, his legacy has helped shape the world we live in today. The coins of Alexander the Great continued to be issued in his honour long after his short but fully-lived life.
I, Peter A. Piliouras of Ancient Coin Traders irrevocably guarantee for life to the Purchaser that this ancient coin is authentic. If this coin is deemed not to be authentic by a professional certification service, then I will refund to the Purchaser the full cost of acquiring the coin (including shipping) together with the certification fees.
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Signed: Peter Anthony Piliouras
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