CNG 94, Lot: 289. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip V. 221-179 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 17.11 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck circa 180 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; tripod in left field, B below throne. Price 633. Good VF, toned. Rare type for Philip V.
From the Demetrios Armounta Collection. Ex Ponterio 100 (9 April 1999), lot 1323.
Struck from a reverse die with Alexander’s name originally engraved in the left field (as Price 634)