ANCIENT GREEK COINS - MACEDONIA - ALEXANDER III (THE GREAT) - ZEUS TETRADRACHM 188-173 BC Posthumous issue, Alabanda mint. Obv: head of Alexander as Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROU legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre, Pegasus standing left in left field; RAMB monogram beneath throne. 16.61 grams. Condition Good very fine. Provenance Ex Walter Steinberg collection; acquired David C. Pratchett, 1998 (with ticket). Literature Price 2455; cf. Sear 6713. Footnotes The late Walter Steinberg was a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he retired to New York and decided to pass on the antiquities and coins he had collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing some lovely examples, also contained many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter sadly passed away in 2015; he hoped that the items he collected would find new homes with the next generation of collectors.
ANCIENT GREEK COINS - MACEDONIA - ALEXANDER III (THE GREAT) - ZEUS TETRADRACHM 188-173 BC Posthumous issue, Alabanda mint. Obv: head of Alexander as Herakles right, wearing lionskin headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROU legend with Zeus seated left, right leg drawn back, holding eagle and sceptre, Pegasus standing left in left field; RAMB monogram beneath throne. 16.61 grams. Condition Good very fine. Provenance Ex Walter Steinberg collection; acquired David C. Pratchett, 1998 (with ticket). Literature Price 2455; cf. Sear 6713. Footnotes The late Walter Steinberg was a well-known figure at fairs, sales and events for many years. Born in 1922 in Philadelphia, Walter had a life-long passion for collecting. A long-time resident in London, he retired to New York and decided to pass on the antiquities and coins he had collected over his lifetime. Walter acquired coins and artefacts that interested him, so his collection, although containing some lovely examples, also contained many affordable specimens. Much of the material has been unavailable to the market for 30 to 50 years. Walter sadly passed away in 2015; he hoped that the items he collected would find new homes with the next generation of collectors.
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