CNG 96 Virtual Catalog

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38. MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 470-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.30 g, 1h). Attic standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; in exergue, tunny left / Ethnic in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 97–8 var. (unlisted dies); AMNG III/2, 21; SNG ANS –. VF, toned, traces of double strike. ($2000)

39. MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.47 g, 3h). Olynthos mint. Laureate head of Apollo right / Kithara within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group F, 7 (A7/P7); SNG ANS 470. Near EF, light double strike on obverse. ($2000) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 110.

40. MACEDON, Chalkidian League. Circa 382-379 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.48 g, 12h). Olynthos mint. Laureate head of Apollo right; floral symbol to left / Kithara within incuse square. Robinson & Clement Group I, 42 var. (A32/P– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS –. EF, small die breaks on nose and neck. Extremely rare issue with floral symbol, R&C record only two examples, in museums (Athens, Brussels), both of which are from the same obverse die and have the same die breaks. Fine style. ($2000) Ex Classical Numismatic Group 91 (19 September 2012), lot 117.

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