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235, Lot: 33. Estimate $100.
Sold for $410. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Aphytis. Circa 400-350 BC. Æ (19mm, 5.39 g, 11h). Head of Zeus Ammon facing slightly left / Kantharos. AMNG III 5; SNG ANS 211; BMC 2. VF, rough green patina.


According to Pausanias (III.18.3), Aphytis was celebrated for its temple of Zeus Ammon, and according to Xenophon (Hell.V.3.19) the city also had a temple dedicated to the worship of Dionysos, referred to on this coin by the kantharos.