Triton XIV, Lot: 85. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.61 g, 1h). Babylon mint. Struck under Archon, Dokimos, or Seleukos I, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a coiled serpent / [B]-AΣIΛEΩΣ ΦIΛIΠΠOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; below right wing, ΛY above M. Price P178-80 var. (position of M control); SNG München -; SNG Alpha Bank -; SNG Saroglos -. EF, lustrous, light mark on Athena’s chin, reverse a little off center. Unpublished variety of a rare issue.