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Obolos Webauction 16  –  11 October 2020

Nomos, Obolos Webauction 16

The Vineneyard Collection Part III, and Greek, Roman, Byzantine, Islamic and ...

Su, 11.10.2020, from 2:00 PM CEST
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KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios, 323-317 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 29.5 mm, 16.83 g, 2 h), struck under Seleukos I Nikator, as satrap, Babylon (II), circa 318/7-315. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion's skin headdress. Rev. ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ Zeus seated to left on a throne with ornamented back, holding eagle in his outstreched right hand and long scepter in his left; to left, monogram above grape cluster on stem; below throne, Z. Price P155 (as "Arados" w/o royal title). SC CAd43.13. Well-centered, elegant toning, dynamic rendering of Zeus on the reverse. Minor scuffs, otherwise, nearly very fine.

From the Vineyard Collection, acquired from Alan Cherry on May 1999.

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