Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 171. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.38 g, 3h). Amphipolis mint. Lifetime issue or under Alexander III, struck circa 342/1-329/8 BC. Laureate head of Zeus right / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm in right hand and reins in left, on horseback right; stern below, Λ in exergue. Cf. Le Rider 428-9 (unlisted dies); SNG ANS 548; SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. EF, minor porosity, slight die shift on reverse. Splendid late Classical portrayal of Zeus.