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Triton XVI, Lot: 294. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.23 g, 2h). In the name of Alexander III. Tarsos mint. Struck under Philotas or Philoxenos. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike standing right, holding wreath aloft in both hands; monogram below throne. Price 3038 var. (monogram); Newell, Tarsos 43, obv. die XLIV, var. (monogram); SNG Saroglos 515 var. (same). EF, attractive light gray toning with golden hues around the devices. Well centered and of fine style.


From a Continental Collection, purchased in the 1970s.