Dated to 312/1 BC

CNG 108, Lot: 105. Estimate $5000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As king, 306/5-301 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.59 g, 4h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Tyre mint. Struck under Menes. Dated RY 38 of ‘Ozmilk (312/1 BC). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet decorated with griffin, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / AΛEΞANΔP[OY], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; below left wing, ‘K (in Phoenician [= ‘Ozmilk]) and || ||| ||| –= (Phoenician date [38], in two lines). Price 3294 (Ake); Newell, Dated 43 (obv. die S [unlisted for issue 43]); HGC 10, 1 (Ake); DCA 733; BM inv. 1987,0649.107 (same dies). Near EF, underlying luster. Well struck, with a clear date. Very rare, only two (correctly attributed) in CoinArchives, seven in Pella. Better than the Adams piece (CNG 100, lot 53), which hammered at $6500.