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IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Early 3rd century BC. AR drachm (19mm, 4.10 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 290-270 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; triskeles in left field. Price -. Bauslaugh, Posthumous -. Lustrous flan with hints of toning.
Ex Harlan Berk, private sale
See Leu 86, lot 361 and Gemini I, lot 88 for other examples. Extremely rare and unrecorded in standard references. Although unpublished in the references covering the posthumous coinage of Alexander III the Great, to which this attractive piece clearly belongs, it closely matches dies previously attributed to the island city of Chios and was almost certainly minted there in the early Hellenistic era.
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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD
IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Early 3rd century BC. AR drachm (19mm, 4.10 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. Late posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 290-270 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; triskeles in left field. Price -. Bauslaugh, Posthumous -. Lustrous flan with hints of toning.
Ex Harlan Berk, private sale
See Leu 86, lot 361 and Gemini I, lot 88 for other examples. Extremely rare and unrecorded in standard references. Although unpublished in the references covering the posthumous coinage of Alexander III the Great, to which this attractive piece clearly belongs, it closely matches dies previously attributed to the island city of Chios and was almost certainly minted there in the early Hellenistic era.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionian-islands-chios-early-3rd-century-bc-ar-drachm-19mm-410-gm-1h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3091-32108.s?type=CoinArchives3091
HID02906262019
© 2020 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved
Estimate: 1000-1500 USD