Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 136. Estimate $300. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $325. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Perdikkas II. 451-413 BC. AR Heavy Tetrobol (2.12 gm, 9h). Second series, circa 437/6-432/1 BC. Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, and holding two spears in his right hand, riding right; plant beneath horse / Forepart of lion right within shallow incuse square. Cf. Raymond Group IV, 228-230 (unlisted dies); AMNG III 10; SNG ANS 55; SNG Alpha Bank 126. VF, iridescent toning, granular surfaces. ($300)
From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.See lot 129 for more information on early Macedonian kingdom and its coinage.