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CNG 100, Lot: 50. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 12h). Sardes mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319/8 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent, single-pendant earring, and necklace / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, AΘ monogram above torch. Price P108 (same dies as illustration); ADM I Series XV, 298 (same dies); SNG Saroglos –; Paeonian Hoard 359 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous, a few trace deposits on obverse, slight die shift on reverse.


From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, January 2002.