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Electronic Auction 504

Lot nuber 62

KINGS of MACEDON. Ptolemy Keraunos. 281-279 BC. Æ (17mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Kassandreia mint.


Electronic Auction 504
Lot: 62.
 Estimated: $ 150

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Ptolemy Keraunos. 281-279 BC. Æ (17mm, 3.97 g, 12h). Kassandreia mint. Laureate head of Zeus right / Eagle standing right on thunderbolt; NK monogram to upper left, ΠAP monogram to right. Psoma, Maroneia M305 var. (monogram to upper left); CPE 159a; HGC 3, –. Dark green-brown patina, some roughness. Good VF.

From the Liggett Collection, purchased from Fred Shore, June 2016.

For an authoritative analysis of this coinage, conventionally attributed to a non-extant city of Paroreia in Macedon, see chapter 8 in S. E. Psoma, C. Karadima, and D. Terzopoulou, The Coins from Maroneia and the Classical City at Molyvoti: A Contribution to the History of Aegean Thrace (Athens, 2008).

Closing Date and Time: 17 November 2021 at 10:20:20 ET.

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