Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 109. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $7250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 470-430 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.50 gm, 3h). Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; PO (or KO) above, linear design in exergue / AKA-N-QIO-S in shallow incuse around granulated quadripartite square. Desneux -; cf. AMNG III 21; SNG ANS 14 var. (no symbol on obverse). Good VF. Unpublished in the standard references. ($2500)

The ethnic on the reverse appears to have been altered on the die, as traces of an 'N' are visible under the 'S'.

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