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CNG 112, Lot: 139. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip III – Kassander. Circa 323/2-315 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.57 g, 3h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint(?). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving fast biga right; aphlaston below. Le Rider Group IIIB, 247 (D102/R195); SNG ANS 274 (same obv. die). Lustrous, a couple marks and small deposit at edge, tiny flan flaw on reverse. EF. Rare issue, Le Rider notes only six examples with this control mark.


From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Cederlind 145 (18 December 2007), lot 33; Gorny & Mosch 159 (8 October 2007), lot 97.