The Silk Road Collection III + World Coins, Banknotes and Medals

World Coins, Banknotes & Medals

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October 23, 2025 – 17:00 CET

2005

Ionia, Magnesia ad Meandrum, c.. mid-2nd century BC. AV stater, 8.46 g. (18 mm), Euphemos magistrate. Obverse:

draped bust of Artemis right, wearing stephane, hair gathered into knot at back of head, quiver and bow over shoulder.

Reverse: ΜΑΓΝΗΤΩΝ, Nike in biga right, kentron in right hand, reins in left; ΕΥΦΗΜΟΣ below horses, ΠΑΥΣΑΝΙΟΥ

below ground line. EF+, struck from a rusty obverse die

A very scarce gold stater on the Attic weight standard of about 8.5 g. and of excellent Hellenistic style, signed by

Euphemos, a well-known Magnesian magistrate.

CHF 3’000 - 5’000

2006

Macedonian Kingdom. Alexander III the Great, 336-323 BC, AR tetradrachm 17.21 g. (25 mm). Early posthumous issue

of Amphipolis, by Antipater, under Philip III Arrhidaeus, c. 323-317 BC. Obverse: head of Heracles right, wearing lion

skin headdress, paws tied before neck / BAΣ-IΛEΩΣ-AΛEΞANΔPOY. Reverse: Zeus seated left on backless throne, left

leg drawn back, feet on ground line, eagle in right hand, scepter in left; Phrygian cap in left field. Price 112.

EF GEM, expertly struck with sharp devices, high relief, and marvellous details, with luminous fields on excellent silver.

CHF 750 - 1’500

2007

Macedon, Alexander III, the Great, 336-323 BC, Miletos, struck under Asandros c. 323-319 BC, issued in the name

and type of Alexander III of Macedon, drachm 4.23 g. (17 mm). Obverse: head of Herakles to right wearing lion skin

headdress. Reverse: AΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟ(Υ), Zeus seated left on throne, holding eagle in extended right hand and sceptre in

left hand, grain ear in left field. Price 1406. VF, a scratch on reverse in front of Zeus’ head.

CHF 100 - 200

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