Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 379. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $470. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of PAEONIA. Audoleon. Circa 315-286 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.17 g, 3h). Astibus or Damastion mint. Struck in the name of Alexander III of Macedon, circa 300-286 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; grape bunch in left field. Price -; cf. Waggoner, Reflexions, obv. die 10. Good VF, underlying luster. Unpublished issue with grapes.

This symbol represents a new issue in the series of Audoleon’s Alexander-type coinage. Obverse die 10 is known to have been used in his issues I, II, and IV. None of the photographed examples reveal any discernible die wear, so it is uncertain where this new type belongs relative to these issues.