Lifetime Amphipolis Mint Issue

Triton XVIII, Lot: 449. Estimate $1500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AR Tetradrachm (22.5mm, 14.33 g, 9h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 348/7-336 BC. Head of Zeus right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠ-ΠOY, nude youth, holding palm frond in right hand, rein in left, on horseback right; below, grape bunch on vine with two ivy leaves. Le Rider 247–8 var. (D116/R– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG ANS 504 = SNG Berry 116 (same obv. die); SNG Ashmolean 2473 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, minor die shift and tiny deposit on reverse. Fine style.

From the Patrick H. James Collection.