CNG 94, Lot: 799. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 12.46 g, 12h). Kroisbach–mit Reiterstumpf type. Mint in the Burgenland-West Slovakian region. Diademed, beardless head right, with "boxer's nose" and pronounced jaw line / Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso, hair bound with diadem and tied into a topknot with three trailing curls. Lanz 743–5; OTA 469; CCCBM I 152-4; KMW 1391. Good VF, toned, double struck on obverse. Interesting rotated double strike.
From the JMG Collection.