Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 173. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.05 gm, 11h). Chios mint. Civic issue, struck circa 210-190 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / ALEXANDROU, Zeus seated left, holding eagle in right hand, sceptre in left; in left field, monogram above Sphinx seated left on thunderbolt. Price 2404; Müller 1083. Superb EF with slight toning around devices. Well centered and struck. ($1500)