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27 KINGS OF MACEDON. Philip III, 323-316 BC. Tetradrachm 319/318 BC, Tyre. 16,88 g. Struck in the
name and types of Alexander III and dated RY 28 of 'Ozmilk = 319/8 BC. Head of Heracles right, wearing
lion’s skin headdress // Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field, date in Aramaic
characters. DCA 736; Price 3271. Rare dated issue. Extremely fine with charming light toning 250.-
Provenance: Fixed Prices List Adolph Hess AG, Lucerne (Switzerland), February 1979, lot n°20 (not illustrated).
28 KINGS OF MACEDON. Antigonos III Doson, 229-221 BC. Tetradrachm circa 227-225, uncertain mint.
17,10 g. Head of Poseidon right, hair bound in seaweed // Apollo, holding bow, seated left on prow. Below,
monogram. SNG Alpha Bank 1046; SNG Ashmolean 3264; SNG München 1121. Extremely fine 1.000.-
Provenance: Auction H. D. Rauch 41, Vienna (Austria), 6 June 1988, lot n°146.
29 KINGS OF MACEDON. Perseus, 179-168 BC. Tetradrachm circa 174-173 BC. 16,89 g. Attic standard.
Pella or Amphipolis mint; Zoilos, magistrate. Diademed head right // Eagle, wings spread, standing right
on thunderbolt; all within oak wreath; below, plow right. Mamroth, Perseus 8; HGC 3, 1091;
SNG Copenhagen 1267; SNG Manchester 745.
Charming portrait in high relief. Extremely fine with beautiful patina 2.000.-
Provenance: Auction Schweizerischer Bankverein 26, Basel (Switzerland) 22 January 1991, lot n°93; Fixed Prices List
SKA-Monetarium 57, Zurich (Switzerland), Spring 1992, lot n°61.
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