A Very Rare Skione Tetradrachm
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Macedon, Skione (c.480 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, helmeted head of Protesilaus facing right, rev Σ-K / I-O at the corners of an incuse square containing the stern of a galley, 16.49g, 2h (Kraay, ACGC 4070; Dewing 1076). Very fine and very rare. £1000-1500 ex A H Baldwin & Sons Ltd, Fixed Price List, Winter 2007, item AG032
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Kingdom of Macedon, Archelaos (413-399 BC), Silver Stater, mint of Aigai, head of Apollo facing right, wearing a taenia, rev APX-[E]ΛA-O, bridled horse standing right, all within a shallow incuse square, 10.32g, 12h (Westermark, in Essays Carson & Jenkins, group II, series 1, O18/R25, this coin; SNG ANS 70). Attractive cabinet tone, very fine, rare. £500-700 from the Ptolemais Hoard (IGCH 365) ex Auctiones 19, 1989, lot 597 ex Spink Auction 3014, 8 October 2003, lot 29
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Amphipolis, struck c.323-316 BC, laureate and bearded head of Zeus facing right, rev ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, naked youth on horseback pacing right, holding a palm-branch and the reins, aplustre below horse and Π below its raised left foreleg, 14.14g, 6h (Le Rider, pl. 46, 18; SNG ANS 738-42). Some lustre, well-struck and extremely fine. £500-700 ex Spink Numismatic Circular, volume CXIV, no.1, February 2006, item GK1776
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Kingdom of Macedon, Philip II (359-336 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Amphipolis, struck c.323-316 BC, laureate and bearded head of Zeus facing right, rev ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, naked youth on horseback pacing right, holding a palm-branch and the reins, aplustre below horse and Π below its raised left foreleg, 14.38g, 3h (Le Rider, pl. 46, 18; SNG ANS 740, these dies). Some lustre, well-struck and extremely fine. £500-700 ex Spink Numismatic Circular, volume CX, no.3, June 2002, item GK0576
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Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Amphipolis, lifetime issue, struck 336-323 BC, head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion’s skin, rev AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus enthroned left, holding eagle and sceptre, an amphora on left, 17.10g, 11h (Price 13; Müller 527). Nearly extremely fine. £300-350 ex Spink Numismatic Circular, volume CX, no.3, June 2002, item GK0577