Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 120. Estimate $5000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $5250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Mende. Circa 480 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.96 gm). M-I-NDAION, ass advancing right, ivy wreath around midriff; bird (starling) standing left on ass's rump, pecking for insects / Mill-sail incuse square. Noe, Mende 12 (same dies; this coin referenced on pg. 10); AMNG III 13 (this coin); SNG ANS 296 (same dies). Good VF, toned, scattered spots of light encrustation. Extremely rare; one of only five known to Noe with the wreath around the ass's midriff. ($5000)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection. Ex Leu 77 (11-12 May 2000), lot 162; Charles Gillet Collection; G. Empedocles Collection.