417, Lot: 202. Estimate $400. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 225-215 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.80 g, 8h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, dove feeding left above youth standing left, holding tainia overhead; monogram below throne. Noe,
Sicyon 54 var. (A90/P– [monogram variation, obverse die unlisted for this issue]); Price 723 var. (monogram). Good VF, struck from worn obverse die, bright surfaces. Extremely rare variety, none in CoinArchives.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Jonathan Kern, 15 January 2002.