Choice Early Argilos Tetradrachm

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 131. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $13500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Argilos. Circa 478/7-470 BC. AR Tetradrachm (13.57 g). Pegasos walking right; to right, grape bunch on vine / Quadripartite incuse square. Liampi 93 (O77/R75); cf. AMNG III/2, p. 116, 3 (Therma?); cf. Asyut 56; cf. SNG ANS 756 (Therma). Good VF, minor die wear. Extremely rare, only one other example recorded by Liampi.