CNG 99, Lot: 63. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 14.21 g, 7h). Phoenician standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; counterclockwise swastika above / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux –; CNG E-164, lot 34; Goldberg 44, lot 3670 =
ibid. 42, lot 19 = CNG 72, lot 228 =
ibid. 66, lot 165 =
ibid. 63, lot 129; G. Hirsch 298, lot 148 =
ibid. 293, lot 2151 =
ibid. 287, lot 1795 =
ibid. 281, lot 187 = Künker 174, lot 191; Künker 236, lot 461 =
ibid. 216, lot 242; New York Sale XXX, lot 83 (same dies); Triton VIII, lot 108. Near EF, toned, minor porosity along edge. Very rare issue unknown to Desneux, only six in CoinArchives.