406, Lot: 203. Estimate $300. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Kassander – Antigonos II Gonatas. Circa 310-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 17.01 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Uncertain mint in Greece or Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left on throne without back; aphlaston in left field. Price 861a. EF, lightly toned, off center strike.

From the B. H. Webb Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 72 (14 June 2006), lot 339; Seleucus I Hoard (CH X, 265).

Price’s issue 861 actually comprises a number of varieties. The plate coin 861a has no throne back and an aphlaston facing left, while 861b has a throne back and an aphlaston facing right.