Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 355-352 BC. Ariston, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / ΧΑΛΚΙΔΕΩΝ around lyre with six strings; ΕΠΙ ΑΡΙΣΤΩΝΟΣ below. Gulbenkian 422; Robinson & Clement Group V 127 (A79/P109); SNG ANS 496; HGC 3.1, 500. 14.47g, 27mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine; a beautiful portrait, hints of golden iridescence.
From a private European collection;
Ex Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction III, 31 March 2012, lot 139;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 149, 24 June 2010, lot 103;
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, New York Signature Sale 3008, 3 January 2010, lot 21237;
Ex Stacks, 6-7 December 1995, lot 74.
Olynthos took its name from the Greek olunthos – a fig which matures too early, for the area abounded with this fruit. Olynthos, son of Herakles, was according to tradition, the founder of this city which rose to prominence as head of the Chalkidian League during the Peloponnesian War. Philip II of Macedon deprived the city of its League by both diplomacy and force, then undertook to besiege the city itself in 348 BC. Through the treachery of the city's two leading citizens Euthycrates and Lasthenes, the city was betrayed to Philip, who sacked the city, razed it to the ground and sold all those within, including an Athenian garrison, into slavery.
Extremely Fine; a beautiful portrait, hints of golden iridescence.
From a private European collection;
Ex Long Valley River Collection;
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., Auction III, 31 March 2012, lot 139;
Ex Numismatik Lanz München, Auction 149, 24 June 2010, lot 103;
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, New York Signature Sale 3008, 3 January 2010, lot 21237;
Ex Stacks, 6-7 December 1995, lot 74.
Olynthos took its name from the Greek olunthos – a fig which matures too early, for the area abounded with this fruit. Olynthos, son of Herakles, was according to tradition, the founder of this city which rose to prominence as head of the Chalkidian League during the Peloponnesian War. Philip II of Macedon deprived the city of its League by both diplomacy and force, then undertook to besiege the city itself in 348 BC. Through the treachery of the city's two leading citizens Euthycrates and Lasthenes, the city was betrayed to Philip, who sacked the city, razed it to the ground and sold all those within, including an Athenian garrison, into slavery.