Triton XVI, Lot: 297. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Didrachm (20mm, 8.00 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / BAΣIΛEΩ[Σ] AΛEΞANΔPO[Y], Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike standing right, holding wreath aloft in both hands; M in left field, ΛY below throne. Price –; Hersh 78 (same dies); CNG 73, lot 149 = Triton XI, lot 805 (same dies); CNG Electronic Auction 125, lot 19 (same dies). VF, find patina. Extremely rare denomination for issue.

From a Continental Collection, purchased privately in 1980.