Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 832. Estimate $3000. Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. Sold For $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson. 229-221 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.07 g, 12h). Amphipolis(?) mint. Struck circa 227-225 BC. Wreathed head of Poseidon right /
BASILEWS ANTIGONOU on side of prow, upon which Apollo is seated left, holding a bow in his right hand; monogram below. EHC 436; cf. AMNG III 4 (Antigonos II Gonatas); SNG München 1121; SNG Alpha Bank 1046. EF, slightly toned around the devices, light scratch behind head on obverse. ($3000)
From the Robert Weimer Collection.