CNG 84, Lot: 297. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos – Lysimachos. Circa 310-290 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.04 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; kuathos/ladle in left field. Price -; Seleucus I Hoard 398 (this coin). EF, lightly toned. Struck on a short flan. Unique, the only known example.
From the Patrick H.C. Tan Collection. Ex Seleucus I Hoard (CH X [forthcoming]).
See the note on the previous lot for information on the obscure series to which this coin belongs.