98g (Bentley 48
a superb example of this historical issue
set against a backdrop of a sailing ship
three line inscription HIS / HALF / PENY within beaded circle
initial mark eglantine (1573-78) both sides
Alexander the Great, silver Tetradrachm, Amphipolis 98g (Bentley 48Macedon, Alexander the Great (336 323 BC), silver Tetradrachm, Amphipolis, c. 323 320 BC, lifetime or immediately posthumous issue struck in the regency of Antipater, head of Herakles wearing lion skin headdress right, rev. , Zeus seated to left, holding eagle and sceptre, cornucopiae to left, 17. 21g, 3h (Price 104; Demanhur 909 66; SNG Cop 678; Newell "Reattribution" 37). About extremely fine.