Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 111. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.31 gm, 5h). Ale..., magistrate. Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; ALE in exergue / AKA-N-QIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 141 (D133/R127); AMNG III -; Traité pl. CCCXIX, 5 (same dies); SNG ANS -. EF, struck with slightly worn dies. Rare. ($2500)

See lot 105 for more information on the Akanthos and its coinage.