220, Lot: 177. Estimate $100. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Salamis. Nikokreon. Circa 331-310 BC. Æ ½ Unit (17mm, 3.79 g, 12h). With the types of Alexander III of Macedon. Struck circa 323-315 BC. Macedonian shield with gorgoneion in central boss / Macedonian helmet; kerykeion to lower left. Price 3158; Liampi, Chronologie 170-92. VF, green patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

Nikokreon succeeded Pnytagoras on the throne of Salamis and is reported to have paid homage to Alexander after the conqueror’s return from Egypt to Tyre in 331 BC. In the war between Antigonos and Ptolemy (315 BC), Nikokreon supported the latter and was rewarded by being placed in control of all Cyprus.