Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 128. Estimate $2500. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Skione. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.42 gm, 1h). Head of Protesilaos right, wearing Attic helmet; crest inscribed
PROTESLAS (retrograde) /
[S]-K-[I]-O in corners, stern of galley left within incuse square. AMNG III -; SNG ANS -; Dewing 1076; Boston MFA Supplement 44; Kraay,
ACGC, 470. VF, slight granularity, reverse die break. Very rare, and above average for this typically crude issue. ($2500)
From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.