Triton XXII, Lot: 192. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 5h). In the types of Philip II. Lampsakos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; monogram below horses, coiled serpent to right of royal name, grain ear in exergue. Thompson,
Philip 34 (same dies as illustration); Le Rider pl. 90, 8; ADM II Series VIII, 165 (same dies); SNG ANS 288 (same rev. die); SNG Berry 97. Near EF, underlying luster, slight die wear and minor cleaning marks.