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CNG Feature Auction 115

Lot nuber 9

CALABRIA, Tarentum. Alexander the Molossian. King of Epeiros, 350-330 BC. AV Obol – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.64 g, 6h). Struck circa 333-331/0 BC.


CNG Feature Auction 115
Lot: 9.
 Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, Gold

Sold For $ 6 500. 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 Obol – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 0.64 g, 6h). 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 obv. die); Liampi, Ἀλεξάνδρου, pl. 4, 17 (same obv. die); Fischer-Bossert pp. 380–1; Vlasto 1864–5; cf. HN Italy 906; Hunt II 403 (this coin); Hunterian 2 (same obv. die); De Luynes 1892 (same obv. die). A few faint scratches. Near EF. Well centered.

Ex Künker 262 (13 March 2015), lot 7886 (hammer €4600); Peus 376 (29 October 2003), lot 107; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part II, Sotheby’s New York, 21 June 1990), lot 403.


The final winners of all CNG Feature Auction 115 lots will be determined during the live online sale that will be held on 16-17 September 2020. This lot is in Session 1, which begins 16 September 2020 at 9 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 20% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 22.50% for all others.

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