Very Rare Tenth Tetradrachm

CNG 106, Lot: 185. Estimate $300. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tenth Tetradrachm (11mm, 1.19 g, 8h). In the types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Diademed head of Apollo right / Horse head right; thunderbolt below. Le Rider Group III, 482 (D255/R397); SNG ANS 437. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, light mark on reverse. Very rare.

From the Belgica Collection. Ex Robert A. Weimer Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 250; G. Hirsch 246 (21 September 2006), lot 1913.