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Triton XXIII  14-15 Jan 2020
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Lot 204

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 18 000 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III 'the Great'. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.46 g, 9h). Pella mint. Struck circa 336-333/26 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; star and "round object" across fields below. Le Rider Group IIB, 367a (D186/R294 – this coin); HGC 3, –; SNG ANS –; M. Ratto (23 June 1932), lot 36 (same rev. die). Old cabinet tone, short hairline flan crack, slightly soft strike on reverse. EF. Fine style. Extremely rare issue; one of only three known to Le Rider (one in a public collection [BM]), none in CoinArchives.


From the Matthew Curtis Collection. Ex Leu 30 (28 April 1982), lot 86; Frank Sherman Benson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 3 February 1909), lot 422.
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