Sale: Nomos 10, Lot: 24. Estimate CHF2000. Closing Date: Sunday, 17 May 2015. Sold For CHF1950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II, 359-336 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 25mm, 14.48 g 12), Pella, c. 336/5-329/8. Laureate head of Zeus to right.
Rev. Nude jockey on horse prancing to left, holding long palm branch in his right hand; below horse, kantharos. Haeberlin Collection 1937, 13 = pl. VI, 13 (
this coin). Le Rider 344f (
this coin, taken from a cast in Berlin). A lovely and attractively toned piece of very fine style. Minor scratch on the obverse,
otherwise, about extremely fine.
From the collection of E. J. Haeberlin.