AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa mid 160s-143/2 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.32 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III.

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Lot: 105. Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa mid 160s-143/2 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.32 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, AM above oinochoe within vine tendril. Price 1684. Toned, some porosity, a few faint cleaning scratches. VF. Well centered. Very rare, four in Pella, three in CoinArchives.

Ex Numismatik Naumann 64 (1 April 2018), lot 73 (erroneously listed as a fourrée).

Upon inspecting this rare posthumous Alexander drachm, Phil Kinns remarked that it is “possibly the last posthumous Alexander Drachm issue ever struck in Western Asia Minor, with Price’s date c. 188-170 almost certainly too early” (private correspondence). Price’s dates for the latest issues of Temnos (Price 1676–90) have been adjusted downward following the analysis of the coins in the recent Demetrios I hoard (see CH X, pp. 154–5). Reevaluating all of tthe hoard evidence, C. Lorber noted that these issues had to have been struck between the mid-160s BC down to circa 143/2 BC.

Closing Date and Time: 22 April 2020 at 10:34:40 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.