CNG 96, Lot: 49. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 11h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Helmeted head of Athena right / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; in left field, trident head downward. Price 172b-d; SNG Saroglos 103. EF, lustrous, a couple light marks on reverse. Well centered.

Price 172a has a slightly different trident head, terminating in a horizontal line. That issue has been reattributed through die links to a later issue under Kassander (see Troxell, Ants, Issue 1).