295, Lot: 217. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.56 g, 8h). In the name and Types 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. VF, reverse scuff.

Ex Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin 699 (November 1976), no. A448.

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).