Triton XVII, Lot: 160. Estimate $150. Sold for $100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. 305-298 BC. Lot of 2 bronze issues.
(a) Æ (17mm, 7.17 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / [B]AΣIΛEΩΣ [KA]ΣΣAN[ΔPOY], tripod; uncertain monogram to outer left and right. Cf. SNG Alpha Bank 895–9; cf. SNG München 1029–32; cf. SNG Saroglos 893 //
(b) Æ (15mm, 2.45 g, 12h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / [B]AΣIΛEΩ[Σ] KAΣΣANΔPO[Y], lion advancing left, head facing, holding spear in its jaws; monogram below. SNG Alpha Bank 937–9 var. (monogram); cf. SNG München 1021–2 var. (same); SNG Saroglos –. Both coins VF, dark green patina. Two (2) coins in lot.
From the RAJ Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear 16 (5 June 2009), lots 68 and 69, respectively.