From the Rossignol, de Nanteuil, and Weber Collections, pedigreed to 1887
Lot 115
KINGS OF MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 26 mm, 16.70 g, 7 h), Pella, struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7. Head of Herakles to left, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔPOY Zeus seated left on low throne, holding long scepter in his left hand and eagle standing right with closed wings in his right; in field to left, bee. De Nanteuil 808 (this coin). Price 204. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 120. Weber 2094 (this coin). A lovely example of this rare issue, beautifully toned and with an excellent pedigree. Light scratches and the obverse struck a little bit off center, otherwise, good very fine.

From the collection of J.-L. Rossignol, French amateur d’art, ex Triton XVII, 7 January 2014, 152 and Numismatic Fine Arts XIV, 29 November 1984, 99, from the Henry de Nanteuil de La Norville Collection (1876-1941), ex Naville IV, 17-19 June 1922, 466 ('Monnaies Grècques antiques provenant des collections de S. A. I. le Grand-Duc Alexandre Michaïlovitch 1866-1933], de Sir Arthur J. Evans [1851-1941] et d'autres amateurs'), and from the collection of Sir Hermann Weber (1823-1918), Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 28 June 1887, 253.
Estimate:
2000 CHF
Starting price:
1600 CHF
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