Triton XV, Lot: 1118. Estimate $5000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.64 g, 1h). In the types of Philip II. Kolophon mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 322-319 BC. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; tripod below. Thompson,
Philip 12; Le Rider pl. 93, 26 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 309; SNG Ashmolean 2456 (same obv. die). EF, underlying luster, some light marks. Fine Hellenistic style.
Ex LHS 103 (5 May 2009), lot 72; Leu 20 (25 April 1978), lot 73.