Ex Paeonian Hoard
445, Lot: 69. Estimate $250. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of PAEONIA. Patraos. Circa 335-315 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 12.99 g, 4h). Astibos or Damastion mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Warrior on horse rearing right, thrusting spear at enemy lying below who defends with shield. Paeonian Hoard 468–72 (same dies); Peykov E2160; HGC 3, 148. VF, toned, off center, some die wear.
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).