Details
LOT 2920
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Drachm. Struck circa 310-301 BC. Kolophon mint. In the name and types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on backless throne, right leg drawn back, his feet resting on low foot rest, holding long sceptre in his left hand and, in his right, eagle standing to right with closed wings; ΛΕΙ (partially ligate) in left field and monogram of TI beneath throne. Price 1783. Near Very Fine.(4.08gr, 17mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired before 1985, thence by descent 2025.
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LOT 2920
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Drachm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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