Leu Numismatik

Auction 17  –  31 May 2025

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Leu Numismatik, Auction 17

Celtic, Greek, Roman and Byzantine Coins

Sa, 31.05.2025, from 12:00 PM CEST
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Description

KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BC. Stater (Gold, 17 mm, 8.60 g, 2 h), Babylon II, struck under Seleukos I, circa 318/7-315. Head of Athena to right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a coiled serpent. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ Nike standing front, head to left, with her wings spread, holding laurel wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to lower left, Δ and monogram; to lower right, 𐤆. Price P143 corr. (reverse legend, 'Arados') and pl. XVI, P143a ( same dies ). SC Ad41.3. Very well struck, nicely centered and with some underlying luster. Very light doubling on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine.

From a German collection, privately acquired from Dr. Michael Brandt in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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