Triton XVIII, Lot: 456. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.43 g, 12h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck circa 336/5-329/8 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; kantharos below. Le Rider 359 (D188/R286); SNG ANS 405 (same dies); SNG München 104; SNG Stockholm 57. EF, lovely old cabinet tone, a few minor marks under tone on reverse. Fine style.
From the Jonathan K. Kern Collection.