CNG 96, Lot: 63. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 17.08 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Corinth mint. Struck circa 304/3-290 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne decorated with Nikai; cornucopia in left field, NO below throne. Price 691; Noe,
Sicyon 35 var. (O72/R137 [unlisted die combination]). Near EF, lustrous.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 305; New York Sale IX (13 January 2005), lot 73.