Lot 35 - Masterpieces of Greek coinage

Northern Greece. Macedon, ...
Northern Greece. Macedon, ...
Northern Greece. Macedon, Akanthos. Tetradrachm, c. 480 - 470 BC. (Silver, 17.43g., 28.5mm). Lion to right, attacking bull, collapsing ... Read more - A beautifully centered, lightly toned and very well struck. This is a particularly fine example of one of the main issues of the 470s BC. Extremely fine.
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Northern Greece. Macedon, Akanthos.
Tetradrachm, c. 480 - 470 BC. (Silver, 17.43g., 28.5mm). Lion to right, attacking bull, collapsing to left with its head raised; above, ʘ; below, in exergue, floral ornament / Quadripartite incuse square with granulated surfaces. AMNG III/2, 4. Desneux 63 var. (D61/R-, [57?]). SNG ANS 10.

Grading/Status: A beautifully centered, lightly toned and very well struck. This is a particularly fine example of one of the main issues of the 470s BC. Extremely fine.

Notes
Provenance:
Nomos Fixed Price List Winter/Spring 2008, 18.
Triton VIII, 11 January 2005, 106.
Tkalec 25 October 1996, 28.
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