Triton XX, Lot: 100. Estimate $5000. Sold for $6000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24.5mm, 14.26 g, 11h). Phoenician standard. Dios–, magistrate. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left; ΔIOΣ above / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Leshhorn p. 461 - this coin referenced, otherwise unpublished. VF, toned, slightly off center on obverse. Apparently unique with this magistrate.

Ex Peus 400 (22 April 2010), lot 83; Peus 398 (28 April 2009), lot 153; Peus 395 (7 May 2008), lot 75.