IONIA, Klazomenai. Circa 240-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.30 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Philon, magistrate.

Electronic Auction 466
Lot: 134. Estimated: $ 1 000

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 2 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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IONIA, Klazomenai. Circa 240-225 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.30 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Philon, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of a boar left above ΦΙΛΩΝ. Meadows, Hellenistic –; Price 1743 var. (magistrate). Toned, some roughness. VF. Very rare posthumous Alexander from Klazomenai, one of only three known for this magistrate.

Ex Dr. Will Gordon Collection (Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 363, 11 November 2015), lot 155.

Leschhorn does not record a magistrate Philon for any issue of Klazomenai until the Imperial period.

Closing Date and Time: 22 April 2020 at 10:44:20 ET.

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