CNG 102, Lot: 250. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson. 229-221 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34.5mm, 16.94 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint(?). Struck circa 227-225 BC. Head of Poseidon right, wearing wreath of marine plants / Apollo, testing bow in extended right hand, seated left on prow left inscribed BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY; monogram below. Panagopoulou 159 (O28/R156 [erroneously listed as no. 160 on the plates]); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; SNG Berry 369–70 (same obv. die); SNG Saroglos 933. EF, toned, some die wear, scratches below bust.
From the Allan Smith, M.D. Collection. Ex Ed Waddell Inventory 48005 (December 2009).