Triton XVIII, Lot: 474. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Kassander. As regent, 317-305 BC, or king, 305-298 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.51 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation of Amphipolis mint issue in the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with coiled serpent, and pearl necklace / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; ant in left field, star below left wing. For prototype, cf. Price 831; cf. Troxell, Ants, Issue 7; cf. SNG Ashmolean 3157; cf. Dewing 1181; cf. NAIM-BAN 100. EF, a few marks. Attractive style. Rare imitation.

Ex Gorny & Mosch 215 (13 October 2013), lot 771.