Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 147. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Philip II. 359-336 BC. AV Half Stater (4.37 gm, 6h). Amphipolis mint. Struck circa 340/336-328 BC. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin headdress / FILIPPOU, forepart of lion right, crescent below. Le Rider 2 (D1/R2); SNG ANS 280 var. (same obverse die; scallop shell). Near EF. Very rare; this is only the fifth example CNG has handled. ($3000)