Sale: Nomos 8, Lot: 83. Estimate CHF450. Closing Date: Monday, 21 October 2013. Sold For CHF550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 22mm, 14.26 g 9), 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, wreath and pellet within Π. Le Rider pl. 46, 14. SNG ANS 747-748. A very attractively toned piece. Flan fault behind Zeus’ ear,
otherwise, extremely fine.
From the B. in B. Collection, ex Kricheldorf, FPL 69, 1963, 66.