KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Circa 333-305 BC. Æ Unit (19mm, 8.34 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Troad (Alexandreia Troas?).Electronic Auction 505 Greek, Bronze Sold For $ 450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Circa 333-305 BC. Æ Unit (19mm, 8.34 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Troad (Alexandreia Troas?). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Charioteer, holding kentron and reins, driving fast biga right; trident head below. Price 1587; Bellinger A1; Meadows, Earliest, p. 49 and pl. 3, 1. Dark green-brown patina, traces of earthen encrustation, minor roughness, light cleaning scratches. Near VF. Extremely rare, only six published: 3 in excavations at Troas, one each in the BM and BN, and Bellinger noted an example in Imhoof-Blumer’s collection (current disposition is unknown, but illustrated in AMNG III/2, pl. XXXI, 26); there are none in Pella, and only one in CoinArchives (CNG 114, lot 125). |