Lot 4143
Sale 127 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Macedon, Chalkidian League, (432-348 B.C.), AE 15, (4.41 g), Olynthos mint, obv. laureate head of Apollo to left, rev. kithara, **C A L KI[D] EWN* around, (S.1433, BMC 5, 31, SNG ANS 554, HGC 3.1, 511 variety). Nearly extremnely fine and rare.
Ex Spink & Son, London, December 2002, with ticket.
The Chalcidian League, "League of the Chalcidians", also referred to as the Olynthians or the Chalcidians in Thrace was a federal state that existed on the Chalcidice peninsula, on the shores of the northwest Aegean Sea, from around 430 BCE until it was destroyed by Philip II of Macedon in 348 BCE.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $130