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NYINC Signature Sale 3071 6-7 Jan 2019
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CARIA. Alabanda. Ca. 197-188 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.68 gm, 10h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. After 190/89 BC, Isocrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / AΛABANΔEΩN, Pegasus taking flight to right, ivy wreath above IΣOKPATHΣ below. Apparently unpublished.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XVIII (31 March 1987), lot 200.
The city of Alabanda produced coinage with the name Antiochia until after the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. Isocrates was the last magistrate to issue coins under the city name of Antiochia and the first for Alabanda. The Alabanda issues are all very rare and the example by Isocrates was formerly known by a single tetradrachm in the Latakia Hoard of 1759.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 30000-50000 USD
CARIA. Alabanda. Ca. 197-188 BC. AR tetradrachm (29mm, 16.68 gm, 10h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. After 190/89 BC, Isocrates, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / AΛABANΔEΩN, Pegasus taking flight to right, ivy wreath above IΣOKPATHΣ below. Apparently unpublished.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XVIII (31 March 1987), lot 200.
The city of Alabanda produced coinage with the name Antiochia until after the Battle of Magnesia in 190 BC. Isocrates was the last magistrate to issue coins under the city name of Antiochia and the first for Alabanda. The Alabanda issues are all very rare and the example by Isocrates was formerly known by a single tetradrachm in the Latakia Hoard of 1759.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 30000-50000 USD