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Electronic Auction 490  21 Apr 2021
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Lot 645

Estimate: 150 USD
Price realized: 475 USD
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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.63 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Susa mint. Struck under Aspeisas, circa 316-311 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; wreath in left field; below throne, K above strut, Π below. Price 3860; ANS 1944.100.35572 (same dies). Toned, some find patina, light roughness. VF. Extremely rare, two in Pella (in the ANS and Berlin), none in CoinArchives, none in the ANS Photofile. This coin in better condition than the two in Pella.

This is the only obol issue for the period that Aspeisas controlled Susa under Antigonos I.
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