Three Exceptional Staters

Triton XVIII, Lot: 465. Estimate $5000. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 4h). In the types of Philip II. Abydos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; star and monogram below. Thompson, Philip 25 var. (additional control mark); ADM II Series VII, 96 (same dies; this coin referenced); SNG ANS 299–300 var. (same). Choice EF, underlying luster. Very rare issue with only the monogram without additional control marks.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Leu 65 (21 May 1996), lot 140; Hess-Leu 31 (6 December 1966), lot 247.