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Triton XXV – Session 5

Lot nuber 5064

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. Fourrée Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.86 g, 7h). Imitating Tyre mint issue, with pseudo-date of RY 16.


Triton XXV – Session 5
Lot: 5064.
 Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. Fourrée Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.86 g, 7h). Imitating Tyre mint issue, with pseudo-date of RY 16. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, |O and ||| ||| – (date [16 in Phoenician]). Toned, breaks in plating, deposits, roughness. Near VF.

From the Kenneth S. Abramowitz Collection.

The style of this fourrée suggests that the prototype was from the latest issues of the mint of Tyre, struck under Antigonos I, and dated to the reign of an uncertain king. The engraver, however, used a date that is impossible, as year 16 would date to 302/1 BC, long after the Alexander type coinage ceased to be struck in Tyre. Similarly, the prototype could not be a year 16 of ‘Ozimilk, as that predates the dated Alexander coinage by 5 years, and the coin has an obverse style that is much later than that found on the early issues of the mint.

The final winners of all Triton XXV Session V lots will be determined at the live online sale that will be held on 25 January 2022 beginning at 10:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website.

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