Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 288. Estimate $4000. Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009. Sold For $5200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Stater (8.58 g, 12h). Abydos mint. Struck circa 323-316 BC. Laureate head of Apollo right / Charioteer driving biga right; Γ above, Ξ and cornucopia below horses. Le Rider -; ADM II 86-7 (same dies as 86); Thompson,
Philip -; SNG ANS 297 (same dies); SNG Sweden 964 (same rev. die). EF, lustrous. Extremely rare, only three examples cited in ADM II, from two obverse and one reverse dies, all in museums (BM, ANS, and Stockholm).
Ex Hauck & Aufhäuser 20 (16 October 2007), lot 29.