CNG 112, Lot: 143. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson. 229-221 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.13 g, 12h). Amphipolis mint(?). Struck circa 227-225 BC. Head of Poseidon right, wearing wreath of marine plants / Apollo, testing bow in extended right hand, seated left on prow left inscribed BAΣIΛEΩΣ ANTIΓONOY; monogram below. Panagopoulou Group 33, 137 (O21/R135 [die combination erroneously listed as no. 136 on the plates]); EHC 436; Touratsoglou 52–3; HGC 3, 1051; Hermitage Sale II 775 (same dies). Underlying luster, some die wear. Near EF.
From the John L. Cowan Collection. Ex Berk BBS 201 (13 July 2017), lot 67.