Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 138. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Archelaos. 413-399 BC. AR Stater (10.66 gm, 2h). Aigai mint. Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing taenia / ARCE-[L]-A-O, horse advancing right, trailing rein, within shallow incuse square. Westermark, Staters, Group 2, Series 1 (O26/R-; unlisted reverse die); Westermark, Remarks pl. LXIX, 2; AMNG III 4; SNG ANS 67; SNG Alpha Bank -. Good VF, lightly toned, reverse a little flat in center. Struck with artistic dies. ($2000)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.

This impressive specimen not only exhibits great die detail in the hair of Apollo, but also an eye complete with iris, pupil, and eyelashes.

See lot 129 for more information on early Macedonian kingdom and its coinage.