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NYINC Signature Sale 3053 17-18 January 2017
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IONIA. Magnesia ad Meandrum. Ca. 350-325 BC. AR drachm (16mm, 3.59 gm, 11h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rhodian standard. Pithion, magistrate. Armored cavalryman, holding lance, on horse galloping right / ΜΑΓΝ above, bull charging left, head lowered, ΠΙΤΟΙ below; all within circular Maeander pattern. P. Kinns, Two Studies in the Silver Coinage of Magnesia on the Maeander, Kraay-Morkholm Essays S. 137 Anm. 4. SNG Cambridge 4505. Very rare! Crisply struck and nicely toned. Note: Identified as a hemidrachm by NGC, but 3.59 grams is correct for a Rhodian drachm.
Estimate: 700-900 USD
IONIA. Magnesia ad Meandrum. Ca. 350-325 BC. AR drachm (16mm, 3.59 gm, 11h). NGC XF★ 5/5 - 5/5. Rhodian standard. Pithion, magistrate. Armored cavalryman, holding lance, on horse galloping right / ΜΑΓΝ above, bull charging left, head lowered, ΠΙΤΟΙ below; all within circular Maeander pattern. P. Kinns, Two Studies in the Silver Coinage of Magnesia on the Maeander, Kraay-Morkholm Essays S. 137 Anm. 4. SNG Cambridge 4505. Very rare! Crisply struck and nicely toned. Note: Identified as a hemidrachm by NGC, but 3.59 grams is correct for a Rhodian drachm.
Estimate: 700-900 USD