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᷅ SOLD: Alexander the Great, 336-323 BC, AE Unit, Macedonian Mint, Lifetime Issue, Apparently Unpublished and Unique

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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 This variant appears to be unpublished and unique.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.
Origin: Macedon, unknown mint
Authority: 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
Size: 18.10mm, 5.1g, 6h
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Rarity: apparently unpublished and unique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
References: Price 266 var. (club handle on left, ; SNG Alpha Bank 755; SGCV II 6744 var. (control mark); Müller Alexander - ; SNG Cop -
General: 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.
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