Rare Amphipolis Tetradrachm

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 394. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Amphipolis. 356/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.29 g, 1h). Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly right / Torch; grain ear to lower right; within linear square inscribed with ethnic; all wtihin in incuse square. Lorber 45 (O25/R36); AMNG III/2, 9 (same dies as illustration); SNG ANS -; Boston MFA 540 = Warren 548. Fine, toned, porous. Rare.