Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4175 SESSION 16 (9.30AM FRIDAY 29TH JULY) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $3,000
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MACEDON, kings of, Alexander I, (498-454 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, 26 mm, (13.62 g), struck c.460-451 B.C., obv. horseman, wearing petasos and chlamys, riding horse to right, holding reins in his right hand and two spears in his left, dotted border, rev. forepart of a goat to right, head turned back to left, all within linear square within incuse square, no symbols or monograms, (cf.S.1481, BMFA 628, Jameson 971, Raymond Group III, 113-117, SNG ANS 33, HGC 3, 769 [R2]). Very fine, weak in places and very rare.
Ex Baldwin's Auctions, London, No.31, October 14, 2002 (lot 11), lot includes collector's 2x2 descriptive packet.
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