CNG 100, Lot: 2. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CALABRIA, Tarentum. Alexander the Molossian. King of Epeiros, 350-330 BC. AV Hemilitra – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.65 g, 10h). Struck circa 333-331/0 BC. Radiate head of Helios facing slightly left / Thunderbolt; AΛ/EΞ in two lines, above and below. Vlasto,
Alexander, Type 6A, pl.ix, 10 (same dies); cf. Fischer-Bossert G3; Vlasto 1864–5; cf. HN Italy 906. Near EF.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Superior, March 1994. Ex George & Robert Stevenson Collection (Classical Numismatic Group XXVI, 11 June 1993), lot 7.