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LOT 2919
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Tetradrachm. Struck circa 316-301 BC. Tarsos mint. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus seated to left on high-backed 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; ΣΩ in left field, monogram of ΣΤΡ beneath throne. Price 3807 (Carrhae). Very Fine.1 in. (15.50gr, 24mm, 10h.).
Provenance
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 2919
Kingdom of Macedon, Antigonos I Monophthalmos, as strategos of Asia, AR Tetradrachm.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
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