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LOT 2917
Estimate
GBP (£) 60 - 80
EUR (€) 69 - 93
USD ($) 80 - 107
(2 Bids, Reserve met)
Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaios AR Drachm. 323-317 BC. Lampsakos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. In the types of Alexander III.
Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied beneath chin / ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ, 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; in left field, buckle to left; beneath throne, crescent above A. Price P15; ADM II Series IX. 4.16gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
PROVENANCE:
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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