Triton XIX, Lot: 92. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.61 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent and necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extending right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; in left field, trident head downward; monogram below left wing. Price 179. Superb EF, fully lustrous.
Ex Hess-Divo 327 (22 October 2014), lot 17; 1968 Paeonia Hoard (IGCH 410; CH I, 40) [the consignor to Hess-Divo purchased the coin privately from the owners of the hoard, thus it is not in either the Sotheby or Parke-Bernet Galleries sales].