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CSNS Signature Sale 3099  5-7 May 2022
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Lot 31047

Starting price: 1500 USD
Price realized: 3300 USD
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MACEDONIAN KINGDOM. Antigonus III Doson (229-221 BC). AR tetradrachm (34mm, 16.98 gm, 10h). NGC XF 5/5 - 3/5, Fine Style, scratches. Amphipolis, ca. 227-225 BC. Head of Poseidon right, hair wreathed with seaweed / BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ANTIΓONOY, Apollo seated left on prow left, examining bow in extended right hand, left hand resting on prow; complex monogram below. HGC 3.1, 1051. EHC 436. SNC Munich 1121. Gorgeous, deep cabinet toning on massive flan.

Ex Frederick C. Schrang, Jr. Collection; Spink-Smythe, Auction 312 (17 January 2021), lot 1090.

Schrang, though not a musician himself, represented many famous ones, including Enrico Caruso (a numismatist as well as a tenor) and the Trapp Family Singers (the inspiration for The Sound of Music).

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