Triton XVII, Lot: 118. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22mm, 14.07 g, 8h). Phoenician standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 117 (D113/R105); AMNG III/2, –; SNG ANS –; Boston MFA 529 (same dies). Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare early Phoenician standard issue.

From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 2012 from F. Shore.