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LOT 2677
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Tetradrachm. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC.
Sardeis mint. Struck circa 318-315 BC. In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / [Α]ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on a low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; in left field, monogram of ΠΥ above eight-rayed star. Price 2664; ADM I Series XIX. Very Fine. Toned, horn silver deposits.(16.97gr, 26mm, 1h.).
Provenance
Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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LOT 2677
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos AR Tetradrachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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