Ancient Coins: GREEK SILVER: Macedon, Roman Period, Aesillas, c.95-70 B.C.

AR Tetradrachm, 16.95g. 30mm.  Deified head of Alexander the Great wearing horn of Ammon to right; ethnic inscription for Macedon below.   Rev.  Q(uaestor) AESILLAS.   Money chest, club, and curule chair; all within wreath.  Bauslaugh, Group I,  dies:  6A/21.  HGC 3, 1110. Lovely old collection toning and a high relief obverse.

Provenance/Pedigree:
Ex: Hirsch, Munich, Auction 168, 1990, lot 212.

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