Extremely Rare Sphinx Issue

Triton XX, Lot: 119. Estimate $5000. Sold for $11500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.55 g, 12h). In the name of Alexander III. Susa mint. Struck under Koinos, circa 322-320 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with sphinx, single-pendant earring, and pearl necklace / [B]AΣI-ΛEΩ-Σ AΛEΞANΔPOY, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; ΛA below left wing, monogram below right wing. Price 3844 var. (griffin on helmet); SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG München –; SNG Saroglos 170 var. (same); Heritage 3030, lot 23725 = CNG 93, lot 161 (same dies); Gorny & Mosch 203, lot 137 (same dies). EF, lightly toned, underlying luster. Well centered. Extremely rare with sphinx, only two in CoinArchives. Better than the ex CNG piece in Heritage that sold for $22,000.