420, Lot: 126. Estimate $75. Sold for $55. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Demetrios I Poliorketes. 306-283 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.65 g, 1h). Uncertain mint in Asia Minor. Struck circa 301-295 BC. Nike on prow of galley left, blowing trumpet / Poseidon Pelagaios throwing trident left; A to left, two monograms to right. Newell 62 var. (control marks); HGC 3, 1031. Near VF, dark green patina. Very rare type, unrecorded with these controls.
From the Belgica Collection. Ex Robert A. Weimer Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 72, 14 June 2006), lot 475.