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103, Lot: 21. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 13.32 gm). Lion, right, attacking bull kneeling to left; PO (or KO) above, linear design in exergue / Legend in shallow incuse around granulated quadripartite square. Desneux -; cf. AMNG III 21; SNG ANS 14 var. (no symbol on obverse). Choice VF, minor roughness. Unpublished in the standard references.

The ethnic on the reverse appears to have been altered on the die, as traces of an 'N' are visible under the 'S'.