Triton XVIII, Lot: 472. Estimate $1000. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or king, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 14.39 g, 6h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠ-OY, youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; below, Λ above torch; dolphin below raised foreleg. Le Rider pl. 48, 1; SNG ANS 808 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 560. EF, toned, a few light scratches under tone on reverse.
From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 40 (4 December 1996), lot 968.