Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 82. Estimate CHF8000. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF6400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26mm, 14.32 g 6), Amphipolis, struck under Philip III, 323/2-c. 315. Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Young jockey, holding palm branch and reins, riding horse to right; below horse, monogram of ΤΕ and Λ . Le Rider pl. 45, 15-16. SNG ANS 643. A spectacular piece struck on a very broad flan, bold and beautifully centered. Good extremely fine.
From a European collection, formed before 2005.