419, Lot: 257. Estimate $200. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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EASTERN EUROPE, Imitations of Alexander III of Macedon. Early 3rd century BC. AR Tetradrachm (27.5mm, 17.15 g, 10h). Copying Amphipolis mint issue struck under Philip III circa 322-320 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; tripod in left field. For prototype, cf. Price 115. Good VF, toned, die break on obverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Vecchi (4 December 1997), lot 51.