Triton XVII, Lot: 156. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 17.02 g, 3h). Uncertain mint in Cilicia. Struck under Philoxenos, circa 320-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠO[Y], Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram below throne. Price P120 (Side(?); same obv. die as illustration of 2964 and P119); SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG München 954 (same obv. die); SNG Saroglos –; CH VIII, pl. XXVI, 10 (same dies). Good VF, toned, small die break on obverse. Very rare issue with title and name on one line.
From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 2002 from F. Shore.