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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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791
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €3,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Macedonia, Chalcidice League, Olynthus. Tetradrachm in the name of Polyxenos ND (c. 354 BC), Olynthus.
Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo facing right.
Reverse: [X]-A-[L]-KIΔ-EΩN / [ΕΠ-Ι ΓΟ]-ΛΥΞΕ-ΝΟ[Σ]. Kithara.
HGC 3.1, 500 – SNG ANS 504 – Robinson & Clement Group 100–102 – SNG Lockett 1313 (from the same dies); Silver – 14.48 g – 23 mm – 12 h
From a price-marked catalogue by M. Ratto XIV, 1935, no. 1416, Pl. XIX (Kambouris and Empedocles collections) and subsequently from the R. C. Lockett collection, Part VI, Glendining & Co. Ltd, London, 12 February 1958, no. 1232, Plate XI and finally the Jean Vinchon Numismatique auction, 22 November 1995, lot 28
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NGC XF 4/5 3/5 Fine Style brushed (8769658-001).
A tiny scratch on the cheek and a scratch on the reverse. Barely scratched in the fields. Slight grey patina. Very Fine to Superb.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU must pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, the successful bidder from the EU must also pay 5.5% VAT on this lot.
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