Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 78. Estimate CHF3500. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22mm, 14.46 g 5), Amphipolis, 342/1-c. 329/8. Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Nude jockey on horse prancing to right, holding long palm branch in his right hand; below horse, janiform head. Le Rider 355 var. A lovely, sharp coin with an elegant and noble head of Zeus. Extremely fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.