Triton XVI, Lot: 269. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 16.89 g). Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; floral ornament in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 35–40 var. (unlisted dies); cf. AMNG III/2 11; SNG ANS 8; Walcher de Molthein 951 (this coin). Good VF, old cabinet toning.
Ex Léopold Walcher de Molthein Collection (Cahn 9, 25 February 1901), lot 951.