Auction Catalogue

18 July 2023

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British Iron Age Coins, Ancient Coins, and Antiquities

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Lot

№ 1078

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18 July 2023

Hammer Price:
£550

A Tetradrachm from the Newell Collection

Greek Coinages, KINGS OF MACEDON, Alexander the Great, Tetradrachm, posthumous issue under Philip III, Amphipolis, 322-20, head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin, rev. αλεχανδρου βασιλεω[σ], Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre, Athena Promachos in field, 17.23g (Troxell G2; Price 109; SNG Ashmolean 2585). About extremely fine and well-centred, pleasing old cabinet tone £400-£500

E.T. Newell Collection; SNC July 1982 (5586)