CNG 88, Lot: 143. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.38 g, 6h). In the types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 320/19-317 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / Youth, holding palm frond, on horseback right; wreath below, M below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 45, 26 (same obv. die); Troxell,
Studies, group 6, 304; SNG ANS 609 (same obv. die). Good VF, lightly toned. Exceptionally well centered and struck from dies of fine style.