The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Lot 3270 Session 11 (9.30am Thursday) The Tom May Collection - Ancient Gold Coins - Greek
Estimate $2,000
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SOLD $3,000
MACEDON, Kingdom of, Philip II, (359-336 B.C.), gold stater, (8.54 gm), Lampsakos mint, struck under Antigonos I Monophthalmos, (c.323-316 B.C.), obv. head of Apollo to right with laureate wreath, rev. galloping biga to right driven by charioteer holding kentron in right hand, reins in left hand, serpent below horses, in exergue **FILIPPOU*, (cf.S.6663, Le Rider -, SNG ANS 287, Thompson Philip 33), Has been mounted, of fine style, good very fine and very scarce.
Illustrated in the Australian Numismatist 2007 in a paper by Tom May 'Trade Gold - Some Key Coins of World Commerce in History' (p.57).
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