Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 838. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Roman Protectorate. Circa 167-148 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.56 g, 11h). Amphipolis mint. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder, in the center of a Macedonian shield decorated with seven eight-pointed stars within double crescents, each separated by three pellets / MAKEDONWN PRWTHS, club; monograms above and below; all within oak wreath, star to left. AMNG III 157; SNG Ashmolean -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Berry -. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare issue with star. ($500)

From the Robert Weimer Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 43 (24 September 1997), lot 293.