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Weekly Auction 232402  –  11 - 12 January 2024

Heritage Auctions, Weekly Auction 232402

World and Ancient Coins

Part 1: Th, 11.01.2024, from 2:00 AM CET
Part 2: Fr, 12.01.2024, from 2:00 AM CET
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IONIAN ISLANDS. Chios. Ca. late 3rd-early 2nd centuries BC. AR tetradrachm (32mm, 17.02 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 seated left on throne with legs decorated with sphinxes seated left and right, right leg drawn back, feet on stool, eagle in outstretched right hand, grounded scepter in left; PYA monogram above sphinx seated right in left field, A below throne. Price -. Cf. Heritage Auctions, Auction 232101 (6 January 2021), lot 61091 for type. HID09801242017 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved

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Starting price 310 USD
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