CNG 84, Lot: 239. Estimate $300. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 323-305 BC. AR Drachm (17mm, 4.22 g, 3h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Sardes mint. Struck circa 319/8-315 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; monogram in left field; below throne, Δ above strut, monogram below. Price 2685; ADM I Series XX 403/402 (for obv. die/rev. type). EF, toned.

From the Tuck Pittman Collection. Ex Berk BBS 161 (28 October 2008), lot 103.

This later series from Sardes is particularly notable for the exceptionally artistic rendering of Zeus in perspective. Attempts were made to depict Zeus in this manner on a couple issues at Abydos (Price 1498 and 1501) and Lampsakos (Price 1356), but these were unsuccessful, and resulted in Zeus having an awkward, unnatural pose.