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Electronic Auction 503

Lot nuber 136

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos – Ptolemy I Soter. Circa 317-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.88 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint in Phoenicia or Syria.


Electronic Auction 503
Lot: 136.
 Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos – Ptolemy I Soter. Circa 317-300 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.88 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Uncertain mint in Phoenicia or Syria. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Corinthian helmet left above Σ. Price 3576 var. (position of Σ); Arena 31. Toned, some deposits, light hairlines. Near VF. Extremely rare, one in the BM (Arena), only two in CoinArchives (CNG E-416, lot 88, and Künker 153, lot 8237).

Price 3576, where the Σ is described as being below the throne, is referenced to a specimen in the ANS. However, no such piece is present in Pella, where all of the ANS Alexanders are supposedly displayed, if they match the types in Price (unlisted varieties are not on the website). As such, it is questionable whether the piece Price saw was in the ANS, or was the Σ actually below the helmet, as here, and thus was left off Pella as it was an unlisted variety.

Closing Date and Time: 3 November 2021 at 10:45:00 ET.

All winning bids are subject to an 18% buyer’s fee.