| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 3 | Auction date: 11 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 47 Price realized: 90 EUR (Approx. 97 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Greek Kings of Macedon. Alexander I 498-454 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 1,7 g.). Light standard. Aigai mint. Struck circa 480/79-477/6 BC. Horse stepping right. Rev. Helmet right in linear square within shallow incuse square. Raymond Group IV, Series 1; HGC 3, 774. Nicely toned and about Good Very Fine. Scarce. Estimate: 50 EUR Starting price: 40 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 2 | Auction date: 10 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 41 Price realized: 140 EUR (Approx. 151 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Greek Kings of Macedon. Alexander I 498-454 BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 1.67 g.). Light standard. Aigai mint. Struck circa 480/79-477/6 BC. Horse stepping right. Rev. Helmet right in linear square within shallow incuse square. Raymond Group IV, Series 1; HGC 3, 774. Slightly irregular flan, otherwise about Good Very Fine, high quality silver. Scarce. Estimate: 100 EUR Starting price: 80 EUR |  |
Match 2:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 3 | Auction date: 11 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 46 Price realized: 240 EUR (Approx. 259 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Greek Kings of Macedon. Alexander I 498-454 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm. 2,24g), c. 492-480/479. Rider, wearing petasos and long tunic, and holding two transverse spears with his left hand, on horse walking to right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond pl. II, 21. SNG ABC 12. SNG ANS 7. SNG Lockett 1268. Very Fine. Coins of this type have been traditionally ascribed to the Bisaltai, but, as noted in the SNG ABC, it is almost certainly an early, uninscribed issue of Alexander I. Very rare. Estimate: 100 EUR Starting price: 80 EUR |  |
Match 3:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 126 | Auction date: 28 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 123 Price realized: 35,000 USD (Approx. 32,183 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. AR Tristater – "Oktadrachm" (30.5mm, 28.43 g). Light Aeginetic standard. Aigai mint. Struck circa 476/5-460 BC. Horseman, wearing chlamys and petasos, and holding two spears, standing right behind horse advancing right / Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond pl. II, 4; AMNG III p. 49, 7 (Bisaltai); HPM pl. XII, 2 (Bisaltai); SNG ANS 1; Athena Fund I 21 (same obv. die); Boston MFA 617 (Bisaltai); Gillet 739; Pozzi 696 = Rhousopoulos 1006 (Bisaltai). Attractive cabinet tone. EF. From the Wild Rose Collection. Ex Triton XXII (8 January 2019), lot 185; Osaka Collection (Hess-Divo 334, 29 May 2018), lot 40, assembled prior to 2000. By the end of the sixth century BC, the Kingdom of Macedon became an influential regional power, strategically located between the Persian Empire and the city-states of Greece. The wars with Persia further extended Macedon's importance, especially that of its young prince, Alexander I, the son of Amyntas. An astute politician, Alexander deftly maneuvered through this precarious situation. Although he early on offered his sister's hand in marriage to a Persian to offset punishment for his revenge against the high handedness of a Persian embassy in 514-513 BC, Alexander maintained an aloof but cordial relationship with the Persians as they moved through the region in 492 BC, forcing the other tribes to Medize. At the same time, he worked towards a stronger association with the Greeks. Herodotos (9.44) says that on the eve of the battle at Plataia, Alexander entered the Athenian camp to report that a delay in engaging the Persians would help to further diminish their already low supplies. In return, he hoped the Greeks (in particular the Athenians) would assist him when the time came, thereby forging a relationship between the rising power in the north with the rising Greek city-states of Athens, Sparta and their allies. This coin type had long been ascribed to the Bisaltai, one of the powerful Thraco-Macedonian tribes that struck coinage in the late 6th and early 5th centuries. The weight of the evidence now points to it being the earliest issue of Alexander I, when he was allied with the tribes against the Persians; he presumably struck coins with types that were acceptable to his allies and would, in fact, symbolize their alliance. For a discussion of the weight standard of this issue, see S. Psoma, "Did the So-Called Thraco-Macedonian Standard Exist?" in KAIPOΣ, pp. 167–90. Estimate: 10000 USD |  |
Match 4:
| Nomos AG > Auction 33 | Auction date: 9 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 1141 Price realized: 40,000 CHF (Approx. 44,613 USD / 41,258 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Jonathan H. Kagan Collection of Ancient Greek Coins KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander I, 498-454 BC. Oktadrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 28.84 g, 9 h), Aigai, circa 480/479-460. Hunter wearing kausia and short hunting tunic riding horse walking to right, holding two horizontal spears with his right hand and the reins with his left. Rev. AΛE-ΞA-NΔP-O around quadripartite square; all within a shallow incuse square. HGC 3, 1, 754. de Hirsch 1012. Raymond Group I, 1-3 ( Starting price: 6000 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 565 | Auction date: 3 July 2024 |
| Lot number: 23 Price realized: 400 USD (Approx. 373 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander I. 498-454 BC. AR Quarter Stater – Tetrobol (15mm, 2.10 g). Light Aeginetic standard. Aigai mint. Struck circa 476/5-460 BC. Horseman, holding two spears, riding right / Quadripartite incuse square. Raymond –; HGC 3, 758 (same dies as illustration). Lightly toned, some roughness. VF. Rare. Estimate: 100 USD |  |
