| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 117 | Auction date: 22 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 153 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 357 BC. Straton, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Kithara; XAΛKIΔEΩN around, ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ below; all within shallow round incuse. SNG ANS 500 (same obv. die); Robinson & Clement Group O, obv. die A59; HGC 3.1, 500. 14.43g, 23mm, 11h. Good Very Fine; deposit on reverse. Very Rare. The growing influence and expansionist aims of the Chalkidian League led by Olynthos in 382 BC led to calls from Amyntas of Macedon, as well as the cities of Akanthos and Apollonia (who anticipated imminent conquest by the League), for Spartan intervention to check the League's power. Sparta, keen to reassert its presence in northern Greece, consented and a force of 10,000 was mobilised and dispatched against the League. After several years of protracted but indecisive warfare, Olynthos agreed to dissolve the Chalkidian League. However, this dissolution appears to have been little more than a token formality, since in the following year the League appears among the members of the Athenian naval confederacy, and twenty years later Demosthenes reported the power of the League as being much greater than before the Spartan expedition. Estimate: 2000 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 442 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 357 BC. Straton, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Kithara; XAΛKIΔEΩN around, ΕΠΙ ΣΤΡΑΤΩΝΟΣ below; all within shallow round incuse. SNG ANS 500 (same obv. die); Robinson & Clement Group O, obv. die A59; HGC 3.1, 500. 14.43g, 23mm, 11h. Good Very Fine; deposit on reverse. Very Rare. The growing influence and expansionist aims of the Chalkidian League led by Olynthos in 382 BC led to calls from Amyntas of Macedon, as well as the cities of Akanthos and Apollonia (who anticipated imminent conquest by the League), for Spartan intervention to check the League's power. Sparta, keen to reassert its presence in northern Greece, consented and a force of 10,000 was mobilised and dispatched against the League. After several years of protracted but indecisive warfare, Olynthos agreed to dissolve the Chalkidian League. However, this dissolution appears to have been little more than a token formality, since in the following year the League appears among the members of the Athenian naval confederacy, and twenty years later Demosthenes reported the power of the League as being much greater than before the Spartan expedition. Estimate: 1500 GBP |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 115 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 351 BC. Annikas, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Kithara; XAΛKIΔEΩN around, ΕΠΙ ANNIKA below; all within shallow round incuse. SNG ANS 509 (same dies); Robinson & Clement Group U, 120 (A76/P103); HGC 3.1, 500. 14.44g, 23mm, 12h. Near Extremely Fine; attractive deep cabinet tone. The growing influence and expansionist aims of the Chalkidian League led by Olynthos in 382 BC led to calls from Amyntas of Macedon, as well as the cities of Akanthos and Apollonia (who anticipated imminent conquest by the League), for Spartan intervention to check the League's power. Sparta, keen to reassert its presence in northern Greece, consented and a force of 10,000 was mobilised and dispatched against the League. After several years of protracted but indecisive warfare, Olynthos agreed to dissolve the Chalkidian League. However, this dissolution appears to have been little more than a token formality, since in the following year the League appears among the members of the Athenian naval confederacy, and twenty years later Demosthenes reported the power of the League as being much greater than before the Spartan expedition. Estimate: 3000 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 116 | Auction date: 18 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 114 Price realized: 2,200 GBP (Approx. 2,785 USD / 2,567 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 353 BC. Archidamos, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left / Kithara; XAΛKIΔEΩN around, [EΠ]Ι AΡXΙΔΑMOΥ in small letters above; all within shallow round incuse. SNG ANS 492 (same dies); Robinson & Clement Group S, 104 (A69/P89); HGC 3.1, 499. 14.40g, 24mm, 12h. Good Very Fine. Estimate: 3000 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Numisfitz GmbH > Auction 3 | Auction date: 3 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 92 Price realized: 1,611 EUR (Approx. 1,757 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: MACEDON. Chalkidian League. Olynthos. Tetradrachm (circa 383/2 BC). Obv: Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev: Χ-Α-Λ/ΚΙΔ/ΕΩΝ Kithara with seven strings. Robinson & Clement 28. SNG ANS 474; HGC 3, 498. Condition: About Extremely fine. Weight: 14,18g Diameter: 24mm. Starting price: 750 EUR |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 140 Price realized: 1,500 GBP (Approx. 1,900 USD / 1,749 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Macedon, Chalkidian League AR Tetradrachm. Olynthos, circa 383/2 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / Kithara with seven strings; XAΛKIΔEΩN around. Robinson & Clement Group H, 27a (A22/P24); SNG ANS 474 (same dies); HGC 3.1, 498. 14.33g, 25mm, 7h. Good Very Fine; minor flan flaw to rev., attractive deep cabinet tone over lustrous metal. The growing influence and expansionist aims of the Chalkidian League led by Olynthos in 382 BC led to calls from Amyntas of Macedon, as well as the cities of Akanthos and Apollonia (who anticipated imminent conquest by the League), for Spartan intervention to check the League's power. Sparta, keen to reassert its presence in northern Greece, consented and a force of 10,000 was mobilised and dispatched against the League. After several years of protracted but indecisive warfare, Olynthos agreed to dissolve the Chalkidian League. However, this dissolution appears to have been little more than a token formality, since in the following year the League appears among the members of the Athenian naval confederacy, and twenty years later Demosthenes reported the power of the League as being much greater than before the Spartan expedition. Estimate: 2000 GBP |  |
