Sale: CNG 63, Lot: 170. Estimate $1500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 May 2003.  Sold For $1065. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (8.52 gm). Kallatis mint. Local issue, struck 250-225 BC. Helmeted head of Athena right; serpent on helmet / Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis; monogram left. Price 903 (same dies); Müller 814. EF, reverse slightly double struck. ($1500)

Price speculates that this issue from Kallatis was used to pay protection money to the Gauls.