321, Lot: 32. Estimate $100. Sold for $240. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Pausanias. Circa 394/3 BC. Fourrée Stater (18mm, 7.03 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing tainia / Horse standing right within linear square [within shallow incuse square]. Westermark,
Remarks, pl. LXIX, 25; SNG ANS 86. Fine, rough surfaces.
As noted by Westermark (p. 306), the majority of Pausanias’ staters are plated, reflecting a possible shortage of silver during his reign.