Triton XVII, Lot: 142. Estimate $2000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Eighth Stater (9mm, 1.08 g, 5h). Pella mint. Struck 345/2-340/36 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, trident head right; below, facing lion head. Le Rider 3 (D3/R3); SNG ANS 208 (same dies); L. Hamburger, 29 May 1929 [Berlin Duplicates], lot 225 (same dies). Superb EF, lustrous, a hint of die rust and tiny flan flaw on obverse. Exceptional for issue. Very rare.