Ex Tronnier Collection
Pedigreed to 1928
CNG 106, Lot: 244. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ILLYRO-PAEONIAN REGION, Damastion (Dardania). Circa 365/0-350/45 BC. AR Tetrobol (12mm, 2.26 g, 8h). Herakleidas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Tripod on base; knife to left, HPAKΛ-EIΔO inscribed on base and to right. May,
Damastion, p. 103, 8 (this coin, illustrated); HGC 3.1, 119 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, lovely old cabinet toning with underlying iridescence. Very rare denomination, unique for this issue.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 85 (15 September 2010), lot 313; Prof. Dr. Hagen Tronnier Collection (Künker 94, 27 September 2004), lot 501; Ars Classica XIII (27 June 1928), lot 715.