Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 110. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.33 gm, 5h). Ale..., magistrate. Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; ALE above / AKA-N-QIO-N in shallow incuse around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated. Desneux 138 (D131/R124); AMNG III -; SNG ANS -. EF, lightly toned. Very rare; only one specimen cited by Desneux (in Paris). ($5000)

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