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Bithynia, Kalchedon AR Tetradrachm. In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Circa 260-220 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; ΒAΣIΛΕΩΣ to left, AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, monogram above K in left field, Θ below throne, grain ear to left in exergue. Price 934 (Kallatis); Black Sea Hoard 59 (OH/R21 - Kallatis); Müller -; HGC 7, 521 (R1). 17.16g, 29mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine; pleasantly toned. Scarce.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 15, 27 April 2015, lot 135 (hammer: EUR 400).
For reattribution of this, and other such issues featuring grain ears and the letter K, to Kalchedon instead of Kallatis, see U. Wartenberg & J.H. Kagan 'Some Comments on a New Hoard from the Balkan Sea' in Travaux Le Rider, p. 405.
Extremely Fine; pleasantly toned. Scarce.
From the Italo Vecchi Collection;
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, Auction 15, 27 April 2015, lot 135 (hammer: EUR 400).
For reattribution of this, and other such issues featuring grain ears and the letter K, to Kalchedon instead of Kallatis, see U. Wartenberg & J.H. Kagan 'Some Comments on a New Hoard from the Balkan Sea' in Travaux Le Rider, p. 405.