Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 167. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $225. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.67 gm). Pella mint. Struck under Philip V, circa 180 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / Zeus seated left, holding eagle and sceptre; tripod before, B under throne. Price 634; Müller -. Toned VF, small test cut on brow. ($200)

This issue was struck by Philip V for the Bottiaeans, who controlled the Emathian Plain surrounding Pella.