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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Demetrios I Poliorketes – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 300-250 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.65 g, 7h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in the Peloponnese. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; murex shell in left field, A below throne. Price 771 corr. (position of A); Troxell, Peloponnesian, –; HGC 3, –. Good VF, toned, areas of roughness. Extremely rare, none in Pella, ANS photofile, or CoinArchives.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 118 (14 October 2002), lot 1273.
This coin is possibly unique, as Price cites a specimen in a hoard from the Peloponnesos (CH VI, 28) that was seen in commerce, but not recorded in detail. Thus, this coin may be the specimen from that hoard.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 118 (14 October 2002), lot 1273.
This coin is possibly unique, as Price cites a specimen in a hoard from the Peloponnesos (CH VI, 28) that was seen in commerce, but not recorded in detail. Thus, this coin may be the specimen from that hoard.