Triton XVIII, Lot: 466. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 9h). Abydos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, monogram above cornucopia. Price P30; ADM II Series X, 142c = SNG Berry 153 (same dies); SNG Saroglos 863; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 208; Triton V, lot 1302 (same dies). Superb EF, toned, a couple spots of encrustation, tiny flan flaw and a little die wear on obverse.