Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 228. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.51 g, 8h). Lion, right, attacking bull kneeling to left; reversed swastika above / Ethnic around quadripartite square, the quarters raised and granulated; all within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Near EF, slight die shift on reverse. A common symbol on the tetrobols of this series, the swastika is previously unknown on the tetradrachms.