CNG 103, Lot: 137. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 16.46 g, 10h). Pella mint. Struck circa 294-293 BC. Nike, blowing trumpet and holding stylis, standing left on prow of galley left / Poseidon Pelagaios standing left, preparing to throw trident; monogram to left; to right, dolphin left above star. Newell 68 (obv. die LVII); SNG München 1042 var. (no dolphin; same obv. die). Superb EF, small flan crack.
Ex Robert Weimer Collection (Triton IX, 10 January 2006), lot 817.