Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 106. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 480-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (17.43 gm, 9h). Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; Q above, floret in exergue / Quadripartite incuse square. Desneux 63 (D61/R57); AMNG III 4; SNG ANS 10. EF, slight edge bump. ($5000)

See lot 105 for more information on the Akanthos and its coinage.