Ex Asyut Hoard

Triton XVIII, Lot: 436. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Argilos. Circa 495-478/7 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 13.79 g). Pegasos advancing left; three pellets around / Quadripartite incuse square. Liampi 35a (O30/R32) = Asyut 47 (this coin); AMNG III/2, p. 116, 2 (Therma?); SNG ANS –; SNG Ashmolean 2390 = SNG Lockett 1374 = ACGC 489. Near EF, toned, test cut. Very rare.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 159; 1968/9 Asyut Hoard (IGCH 1644; CH III 17).