CNG 112, Lot: 136. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.33 g, 9h). In the types of Philip II. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Zeus left, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; Θ below. Le Rider Group III, 437 (D231/R358); SNG ANS 430 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 2490 (same obv. die). Attractively toned. Good VF. Rare with head left.
From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 53 (15 March 2000), lot 181; Triton I (2 December 1997), lot 417.
