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E-Sale 19  1 August 2015
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Lot 139

Estimate: 200 GBP
Price realized: 160 GBP
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Macedon, Eion AR Drachm. Circa 480-470 BC. Two geese, one standing right and the other standing left, with its head reverted; annulet between / Square incuse punch. SNG ANS 268. 3.83g, 19mm.

Good Very Fine.

From the Mark Christenson Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics VI, 29 September 2013, lot 520.

This coinage was struck on the Persian weight standard, which supports the belief that they were struck during the Persian occupation of this area. Sear notes that the coinage struck in this portion of Macedon may have been minted by the sons of the Macedonian king Alexander I, who were partisan to the Persians. After the Persians were expelled, Alexander had his sons blinded and banished from his kingdom.
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