Triton XVI, Lot: 287. Estimate $15000. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.61 g, 6h). In the types of Philip II. Abydos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; ΠΔ monogram below, grain ear in exergue. Le Rider pl. 90, 12 (same obv. die); Thompson, Philip –; ADM II series IX, 127a (same dies); SNG ANS 305 (same obv. die). FDC, attractively toned. Very rare issue, Thompson records only six examples from one obverse and two reverse dies (note: her Vinchon and Bourgey sales refer to the same coin).

Ex Numismatica Genevensis SA 6 (30 November 2010), lot 46.