CNG 100, Lot: 1318. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Philip II – Alexander III. Circa 340/36-328 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.44 g, 1h). In the name and types of Philip II. Amphipolis mint. Laureate head of Zeus right / Nude youth, holding palm frond and reins, on horseback right; janiform head below. Le Rider Series IIB, 360a (D182/R316 – this coin); SNG ANS 529–32. EF, deeply toned, a couple edge marks, slight die shift on reverse.

From the Friend of a Scholar Collection, purchased from J. Vinchon, June 1987. Ex J. Hirsch XXXIII (17 November 1913), lot 644; Merzbacher (2 November 1909), lot 2743.