CNG 106, Lot: 78. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Orthagoreia. Circa 340s-330s BC. AR Hemidrachm (14.5mm, 2.48 g, 12h). Head of Artemis facing slightly left; quiver to left / Macedonian helmet facing; star above. AMNG III/2, 3; HGC 3.1, 600; SNG ANS 563-5 (all as Macedonia). Near EF, deep iridescent tone. Exceptional for issue.
From the Belgica Collection. Ex Peus 392 (2 May 2007), lot 4286.
See Psoma, Maroneia, pp. 193–204, for the reassignment of Orthagoreia from Macedon to Thrace.