Bold Die Cutting

389, Lot: 96. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.22 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 319/8-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field; below throne, Δ above strut, monogram below. Price 2685; ADM I Series XX 403/402 (for obv. die/rev. type). EF, toned.

From the Kallman Collection. Ex Tuck Pittman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 84, 5 May 2010), lot 239; Berk BBS 161 (28 October 2008), lot 103.