CNG 96, Lot: 58. Estimate $300. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 16.86 g, 5h). In the name of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Phoenicia or Syria. Struck under Laomedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; Phoenician A below throne. Price 3272 (same obv. die as illustration); Newell, Dated, p. 61, pl. X, 10 (same obv. die; Askelon or Ashdod); CNG 61, lot 467 (same obv. die). Good VF, minor porosity, light marks. Extremely rare, three published in public collections (BM [2 coins] and Vienna), and one in CoinArchives (CNG 61 coin), none in the ANS photofile.