| Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles > Auction 137 | Auction date: 29 January 2024 |
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| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League. Silver Tetradrachm (14.31 g), ca. 432-348 BC. Olynthos, ca. 361-358 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left. Reverse: Χ-A-Λ-KIΔ-EΩN, kithara within incuse square. Robinson & Clement grp. F, 11; SNG ANS 473; HGC 3.1, 497. NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 4/5, Surface: 4/5. Estimated Value $7,000 - UP Although the Chalkidian League, a confederation of cities in northern Greece, was founded during the Peloponnesian War, its coinage in its entirety dates to the fourth century (see U. Westermark, "The Coinage of the Chalkidian League Reconsidered," Studies R. Thomsen, p. 100). The League first allied itself with Sparta, but this led to its defeat at the hands of Athens. Then, after allying with Athens in an effort to contain Macedonian ambition, it was conquered and dissolved in 348 by Philip II of Macedonia. The head of Apollo, the youthful sun-god, found on the obverse is of an outstanding radiant handsomeness, and strongly influenced the Apollo-head found on the staters of the slightly later gold coinage of Philip II of Macedonia. Ex Numismatica Genevensis 16 (14 November 2022), 24; Sincona 41 (October 2017), 14; purchased privately from Spink in the 1960s or 1970s; Jean Vichon (5 November 1966), 31; Gerhard Hirsch Nachf. (25 November 1958), 81. |  |
