Triton XIX, Lot: 335. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Philip II of Macedon. 2nd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 12.36 g, 12h). Kroisbach–mit Reiterstumpf type. Mint in the Burgenland-West Slovakian region. Diademed, beardless head right, with "boxer's nose" and pronounced jaw line / Rider on horseback left, showing only his torso, hair bound with diadem and tied into a topknot with three trailing curls. OTA 469; Flesche 524–7; Lanz 743–5; CCCBM I 152-4; KMW 1391. EF, deeply toned, a hint of porosity along edge, light scratch under tone in field on reverse.
Ex Freeman & Sear Inventory G6215 (September 2006).