CNG 100, Lot: 49. Estimate $3000. Sold for $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.61 g, 11h). In the types of Philip II. Magnesia mint. Struck under Menander or Kleitos, circa 323-319 BC. Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / ΦIΛIΠΠOY, charioteer, holding kentron in right hand, reins in left, driving biga right; bee below, spearhead in exergue. Thompson, Philip 3; SNG ANS 310–4. Near EF, lustrous, small flan flaw on cheek.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams.