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Auction 30  9 January 2013
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Lot 109

Estimate: 950 USD
Price realized: 1100 USD
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ANCIENT COINS. GREEK. Kingdom of Macedon, Philip III Arrhidaeus (323-316 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 4.30g, 12h. Mint of Sardes, struck c.323-319 B.C. Head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Zeus, naked to waist, enthroned left, holding an eagle in his outstretched right hand and a sceptre in his left, race-torch on left, TI below throne (Price P99; Müller P7; SNG Copenhagen 1092). Deep old iridescent tone, perfectly struck from fresh dies on good metal, mint state, an outstanding example.
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc., Auction V, Beverly Hills, 23-24 February 1978, lot 85

Estimate: $950
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