Ex Paeonian Hoard
441, Lot: 58. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PAEONIA. Patraos. Circa 335-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 12.80 g, 1h). Astibos or Damastion mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Warrior on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at enemy lying below who defends with shield; kantharos to lower left. Paeonian Hoard 185 (same dies); Peykov E2170; HGC 3, 148 corr. (some with symbols). VF, toned, test cut on edge.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Noble 51 (3 July 1996), lot 2107; Jay P. Dawley Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 36, 5 December 1995), lot 1849 (part of); Catalog of the Paeonian Hoard (Sotheby & Co., 16 April 1969), lot 516 (part of); Paeonia 1968 Hoard (IGCH 410; CH I, 40).