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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Antigonos I Monophthalmos – Lysimachos. Circa 310-290 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.95 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in western Asia Minor. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above cicada. Price –; CNG E-420, lot 110 var. (symbol; same obv. die). VF, lightly toned, a hint of porosity, a few light marks. Unique with these control marks.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 303 (29 May 2013), lot 21.
This coin is related to the drachms Price 2762–3 (for illustrations see Armenak 618–9), by virtue of style and control marks, and it is obverse die linked to a tetradrachm with the markings of Price 2763. Price 2764 may also belong to this group, but there are no illustrations of that issue. It is also probably related to a slightly earlier group of tetradrachms that has a similar style, but which have a single control symbol in the left field (cf. Seleucus I Hoard 1000–1006). The style of all these coins is very similar to issues of the Ionian coastal mints, although a precise attribution to any of them is not presently possible.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 303 (29 May 2013), lot 21.
This coin is related to the drachms Price 2762–3 (for illustrations see Armenak 618–9), by virtue of style and control marks, and it is obverse die linked to a tetradrachm with the markings of Price 2763. Price 2764 may also belong to this group, but there are no illustrations of that issue. It is also probably related to a slightly earlier group of tetradrachms that has a similar style, but which have a single control symbol in the left field (cf. Seleucus I Hoard 1000–1006). The style of all these coins is very similar to issues of the Ionian coastal mints, although a precise attribution to any of them is not presently possible.