Sale: Nomos 9, Lot: 71. Estimate CHF4000.  Closing Date: Monday, 20 October 2014.  Sold For CHF6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. c. 470 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 27mm, 17.22 g). Lion to right, attacking bull, collapsing to left with head raised; above, Α; below, in exergue, floral ornament. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with granulated surfaces. Desneux 90 var. An attractive and bold piece with a lion and bull of particularly vigorous late Archaic style. Some minor scratches and marks, otherwise, extremely fine.

Ex Nomos 6, 8 May 2012, 39.