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Obolos 6

20 November 2016
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An intriguing coin with an odd weight

Starting Price: 100 CHF
Hammer Price:  100 CHF
Lot 324

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’, 336-323 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16mm, 3.70 g 6), Susa, c. 325-320. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress. Rev. AΛEΞANΔΡOΥ Zeus seated on backless throne, his left leg and torso facing front, his head, right arm and right to left; holding eagle in his right hand and long scepter in his left; to left and below throne, monogram. Price 3837. Nicely toned. Good very fine.


From the Pierre Arnaud collection, Hess-Divo 307, 7 June 2007, 1142 (part).

This is a coin with a very odd weight: it looks perfectly struck and original without any signs of metal loss, but is lacking about 0.50 g to the regular weight.

Online bidding closes: 20 Nov 2016, 17:42:00 CET Current Date & Time: 27 Apr 2024, 02:31:25 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:100 CHF by jschell (1 bid)
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