ALEXANDER I OF MACEDON AR TETRADRACHM, CIRCA. 498 - 454 B.C.E.
HGC 3.1, 767, Pozzi 821 (same rev. die), NGC encapsulated, Choice Fine, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, marks, approx. 27+mm, 12.65 grams
Obverse: Macedonian horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, riding horse to right, holding reins in his right hand and two spears in his left
Reverse: Forepart of goat to righ, thead turned back, in linear square within incuse square.
Alexander I was the first Macedonian King to strike is own coinage. At this early time the coins were still anepigraphic. He was a vassal king under Xerxes of Persia, though he tried to curry favor with fellow Greek states by tipping them off to Persian war plans.
VERY RARE early Macedonian Tetradrachm, struck on a broad flan with a CHOICE obverse. A really attractive and hard to acquire early archaic coin of Macedon!
