CNG 85, Lot: 279. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. Æ ¼ Unit (13mm, 2.87 g, 2h). Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater, circa 332-326 BC. Wreathed head of Apollo right / Thunderbolt; AΛEΞAN above, YOPΔ below, round shield to lower left. Price 19 and 56 var. (control marks). VF, dark brown patina. Unpublished with this symbol. Extremely rare.

This is a new variety of quarter unit from the earliest issues at Amphipolis. Price 19 and 56 were contemporaries of the tetradrachm issues Price 14 and 51, respectively, while this coin corresponds to the tetradrachm issue Price 57.