| Classical Numismatic Group > Auction 130 | Auction date: 23 September 2025 |
| Lot number: 95 Price realized: 37,500 USD (Approx. 31,793 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Distater (22mm, 17.20 g). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 322-317 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, single-pendant earring, and linear and pelleted necklaces / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; vertical thunderbolt in left field. Price 163; Troxell, Studies, Group C, 545 (same dies). In NGC encapsulation 6158586-001, graded AU, Strike: 5/5, Surface: 2/5, ex-jewelry, scratches. Very rare posthumous Alexander III type distater issue. Ex Dr. Hans Krähenbühl Collection (Leu Numismatik AG 8, 23 October 2021), lot 48; Münzen & Medaillen AG FPL 227 (November 1962), no. 434. Troxell identified three separate groups of distater issues, the first two of which, Groups A and B, were either struck concurrently at different Macedonian mints, or sequentially at the primary Macedonian mint. Group C, she noted, was a later group, probably just after Alexander's lifetime, that revived the markings from Group A, kantharos, trident, and fulmen. This group was only known to her from 17 coins, and, by virtue of die links, was obviously a very small, concentrated output that must have been undertaken for a very specific purpose. Estimate: 20000 USD |  |
