Extremely Rare Philip under Kassander from the Paeonian Hoard
Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 3023. Estimate $500.
Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.
Sold For $1260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.31 g, 4h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Kassander, circa 316-314 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth on horseback right, holding palm and reins;
L below, • within
P below raised foreleg. Le Rider p. 124 (this coin cited); Troxell,
Studies, group 9, 335 = Paeonian Hoard 60 (this coin); SNG ANS -. Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare issue, one of approximately four known, the only one not in a museum.
From the John A. Seeger Collection. Ex Catalog of the Paeonian Hoard (Sotheby, 16 April 1969), lot 60; Paeonia 1968 Hoard (IGCH 410; CH I, 40).
The other three examples are all from the Réjantzi (Grahovo), Bulgaria 1961 hoard (IGCH 411), which is in the Bulgarian national collection in Sofia (see Le Rider, pp. 304-10).
