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8 May 2021
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Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  650 CHF
Lot 222

MACEDON (ROMAN PROTECTORATE). First Meris. Circa 167-149 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 33 mm, 16.70 g, 9 h), Amphipolis. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis to right, bow and quiver over her shoulder; all at the center of a Macedonian shield ornamented with stars within crescents. Rev. MAKEΔONΩN / ΠΡΩTHΣ Club with head to right between two lines of inscription; above, monogram of AΡ; around, oak wreath with ties to left; to left of the ties, thunderbolt. AMNG III 160-1. SNG Copenhagen 1310-1. Minor deposits, otherwise, good very fine.



Amphipolis, capital of the First District of Macedonia after the Roman conquest in 167, issued an enormous quantity of Artemis/Club tetradrachms. They were designed not only to re-coin all the remaining royal issues of the defeated Macedonian kingdom, but also to help finance Roman requirements.

Online bidding closes: 8 May 2021, 16:51:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 25 Apr 2024, 13:04:25 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:650 CHF by www1569 (11 bids)
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