Lot description:
PISIDIA, Termessos. Circa 205-203 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.94 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, forepart of horse left above TE (civic) monogram. McIntyre, Termessos 7b (A1/P7) = R. Ashton, "The Coinage of Oinoanda" in NC 2005, n. 40, pl. 5, C (this coin); Price 2986a (same dies). Lightly toned, underlying luster, slight die shift, light scrape at edge on obverse, some flatness to strike on reverse. Near EF. Rare.
From the Richard Ashton Collection, purchased online, November 2004.
Estimate: 200 USD | |