Leu Numismatik

Web Auction 11  –  22 - 23 February 2020

Leu Numismatik, Web Auction 11

Celtic, Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Medieval and Modern coins

Part 1: Sa, 22.02.2020, from 1:00 PM CET
Part 2: Su, 23.02.2020, from 1:00 PM CET
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Description

★ From the Susiana Hoard of 1965 (IGCH 1806) ★

KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 16.63 g, 1 h), uncertain mint in western Asia Minor, circa 240-180. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; to left, dog standing left, head to right. A. Houghton and G. Le Rider: Un trésor de monnaies hellénistiques trouvés près de Sude, in: RN 1966, p. 122 and pl. X, 166 ( this coin ). Price 2830. Very rare. A nicely toned example of this unusual and crude issue. Light marks, otherwise, very fine.

From an old Swiss collection, formed in the 1970s, privately purchased from Münzen & Medaillen (with original ticket) and from the Susiana Hoard of 1965 (IGCH 1806).

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Price realized 1'200 CHF
Starting price 150 CHF
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