Bee on Rose Control Mark

CNG 102, Lot: 224. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 17.26 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, bee right on rose. Price 206; Moore 23-43. EF. Struck in high relief. Interesting symbol.

Ex Jencek Historical Enterprise Inventory Y05639 (June 2012); CNG Inventory 851797 (July 2009).