Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
Lot number: 494 Price realized: 24 GBP (Approx. 30 USD / 28 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on |
Lot description: Asia Minor, uncertain mint AR Drachm. In the name and types of Alexander III. 'Pseudo-Chios' mint, circa 3rd - 2nd century BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Zeus Aëtophoros seated to left, holding sceptre; blundered legend AΛEΞANΔPOY to right; traces of monogram in left field. For similar, cf. C. Lorber, 'The 'Pseudo-Chios' Mint: a new Drachm Mint in Asia Minor' in NC 180 (London, 2020), pp. 21-38; cf. HGC 6, 1134 (Chios). 4.23g, 17mm, 12h. Extremely Fine; some areas of flatness. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 77, 26 November 2020, lot 93. Estimate: 40 GBP |