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18 May 2010
Widder Hotel, Zürich
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Estimate: 4500 CHF
Hammer Price:  6000 CHF
Lot 59

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. Stater (Gold, 8.62 g 11), uncertain Greek mint, struck circa 310-275 BC. Helmeted head of Athena to right, wearing necklace, aegis and with a snake on the bowl of her helmet. Rev. ΑΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ Nike standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and stylis in her left; to left, ant; below her right wing, eight-pointed star. Müller 179. Price 831. A superb, lustrous piece struck in high relief. Virtually as struck.


Ants very rarely appear on Greek coins; its combination with a star as symbols on this coin imply a connection, perhaps to a local legend or myth.

Online bidding closes: 18 May 2010, 09:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 18 Apr 2024, 06:55:30 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:6000 CHF

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