Gemini, LLC
Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Macedonian Kingdom. Philip II. 357-336 BC. Stater, 8.60g (7h). Colophon, c. 323-319 BC. Obv: Believed to be the laureate head of Alexander III, the Great in the guise of Apollo. Rx: ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Galloping biga driven right by charioteer holding reins and goad; below the horses, tripod. Le Rider pl. 93, 26. SNG ANS 309. M. Thompson, Studia Paulo Naster oblata I, p. 58, 12 = Jameson Coll. 978 (same obverse die). Mint State
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 258
The portrait on this obverse die is exceptional, in very fine style and looking more like an individual known to the engraver than the typical idealized head of Apollo. Could it be the first posthumous portrait of Alexander III, the Great, as hypothesized in Numismatica Genevensis 4, 11 December 2006, lot 61, and in other recent descriptions of similar coins? The specimen offered in that Geneva sale of 2006, and another in Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3032, 10 April 2014, lot 23133, both from the same die pair as ours and also virtually FDC, sold for $23,000 and over $40,000 respectively, including the buyer's fee in each case
Ex Gemini VII, 9 January 2011, lot 258
The portrait on this obverse die is exceptional, in very fine style and looking more like an individual known to the engraver than the typical idealized head of Apollo. Could it be the first posthumous portrait of Alexander III, the Great, as hypothesized in Numismatica Genevensis 4, 11 December 2006, lot 61, and in other recent descriptions of similar coins? The specimen offered in that Geneva sale of 2006, and another in Heritage CICF Signature Sale 3032, 10 April 2014, lot 23133, both from the same die pair as ours and also virtually FDC, sold for $23,000 and over $40,000 respectively, including the buyer's fee in each case