Heritage Auctions

Auction 3073  –  29 - 30 April 2019

Heritage Auctions, Auction 3073

Online only session: Ancient and World Coins

Mo, 29.04.2019, from 5:00 PM CEST
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Description

IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Ca. late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (35mm, 17.00 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Posthumous issue in the name and types of Alexander III the Great of Macedon, ca. 210-190 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing lion skin headdress, paws tied before neck / ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ, Zeus enthroned left, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; ΦΔI monogram above sphinx seated left on thunderbolt in left field. Price 2376 var. (monogram is similar but different). No sold examples of this Price number found in sales archives.

HID09801242017

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Price realized 850 USD
Starting price 150 USD
Estimate 300 USD
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