Sale: CNG 70, Lot: 74. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 21 September 2005.  Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Olophyxos. Circa 380-350 BC. Æ 14mm (2.54 g, 11h). Head of nymph right, wearing stephane and earring / [OLO]F-UXIWN, eagle standing right. SNG ANS -; AMNG III -; Robinson & Clement p. 290-292, pl. XXX, 14; Wroth, "Greek Coins Acquired by the British Museum in 1902," NumChron 1903, 2. Fine, rough green patina. Extremely rare. ($300)

Only seven coins are recorded from this city: four found during the Olynthos excavations (cf. Robinson & Clement, p. 291), one in a collection in Athens (cf. J. Svoronos, "Sullogh ElenhV N. Maurokordatou anakousa nun twi Gewrgiwi P. Mpaltatzh," JIAN XIII [1911], p. 253, 169), one in the British Museum (cf. Wroth, supra), and one acquired by the ANS in 1998 (accession no. 1998.4.1) - too late for their published SNG Macedonia. Olophyxos was a town located on the peninsula of Acte, and was a member of the Delian League. The tribute lists note Olophyxos' quota was only 2000 drachms, one third of a talent, reflecting the relatively small size of the town. Although an ally of Athens during the reign of Philip II, it apparently survived his reign intact as it was noted by later geographers (e.g. Strabo 7.133). The dating of these coins is based on a close similarity of the obverse to that on bronze coins of Pydna circa 364-357 BC (P. Tselekas, "The Coinage of Pydna," NumChron 1996, series B), and the reverse to that on the coinage of Amyntas III of Macedon, circa 393/2-370/69 BC (cf. Westermark, Regal 33 and 50).