Two Very Rare Civic Issues

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 1262. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Circa 260-220 BC. AV Stater (8.42 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; KA monogram in left field, monogram below left wing. Price 914 (Kallatis mint); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos 115 (same dies). Near EF, faint mark on cheek, reverse a little off center. Very rare civic issue.

For the reattribution of this issue to Kalchedon, see U. Wartenberg & J.H. Kagan, “Some comments on a new hoard from the Balkan area” in Travaux Le Rider, p. 405.