424, Lot: 105. Estimate $200. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or king, 305-298 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 17.20 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 307-297 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Λ above torch; kantharos below throne. Price 468; Ehrhardt 36. Good VF, toned, small test punch on obverse.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Dennis Devine, 16 January 2005.