Auction: 382 - The Numismatic Collector's Series Sale at NY INC
Lot: 442
NGC Choice XF [Strike 5/5, Surfaces 4/5] | Macedon, Akanthos (480-470 BC), AR Tetradrachm, Lion to right, attacking a bull collapsing to left with head raised; above a theta, bukranion in exergue, rev raised quadripartite square, 17.06g (BMFA 519; Desneux 61 var.; SNG ANS 10), a handsome;y centred and broad striking on an elliptical flan with modest striking splits, otherwise lightly toned, a most pleasingly good very fine, rare, in NGC 'Ancients' holder, graded Choice XF [Strike 5/5, Surfaces 4/5] (Cert. #6295563-001)
Provenance
Baldwin FPL, Summer 2014, AG011
Roma 7, 22 March 2014, lot 371
Numismatics Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980, lot 91
Sold for
$10,000
Starting price
$10000