Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXI 24-25 Mar 2021
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Macedon, Skione AR Tetradrachm. Circa 480-470 BC. Head of Protesilaos to right, wearing Attic helmet with crest inscribed [ΠPOTEΣΛAΣ] (retrograde) / Stern of galley with aphlaston to left, Σ-K-I-O around; all within incuse square. Price, Coins 29; ACGC 470; Alpha Bank, Macedonia 79; Dewing 1076; Traité I, 1629; HGC 3.1, 668. 16.68g, 25mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Kleinkunst Collection;
Ex Sotheby's, 27-28 October 1993, lot 385;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XXVII, 4-5 December 1991, lot 47.
This tetradrachm depicts the hero Protesilaos, the legendary founder of Skione, who was the first of the Greek heroes to arrive in the Troad, and the first to die. Upon leaping from his ship he was slain by the Trojan prince Hektor.
Good Very Fine. Very Rare.
Ex Kleinkunst Collection;
Ex Sotheby's, 27-28 October 1993, lot 385;
Ex Numismatic Fine Arts, Auction XXVII, 4-5 December 1991, lot 47.
This tetradrachm depicts the hero Protesilaos, the legendary founder of Skione, who was the first of the Greek heroes to arrive in the Troad, and the first to die. Upon leaping from his ship he was slain by the Trojan prince Hektor.