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Triton XXIV  19-20 Jan 2021
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Lot 479

Estimate: 5000 USD
Price realized: 9000 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip III – Kassander. Circa 323/2-315 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.59 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; Boeotian shield below. Le Rider Group IIIB, 607e (D234/R442 – this coin); SNG ANS 198 (same dies); Gulbenkian 831 (same dies); Pozzi 843 (same dies). Lightly toned, trace deposits, minor marks and scratches. Superb EF. Struck from fresh dies.

From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 737 (January 1980), no. A1 (noting: "the finest specimen of this coin we have ever seen, splendid style, would grace any collection"); H. M. Collection (Bourgey, 15 December 1909), lot 116.
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