Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 112. Closing Date: Jan 
        10, 2005. MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. 
        AR Tetradrachm (14.38 gm, 7h). Alexis, 
        magistrate. Estimate $2500 Sold For $3000 

      MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR 
      Tetradrachm (14.38 gm, 7h). Alexis, magistrate. 
      Lion right, attacking bull kneeling to left; 
      ALEXIS in exergue / AKA-N-QIO-N in shallow incuse 
      around quadripartite square, the quarters raised 
      and granulated. Desneux 145b (D137/R141) = Boston 
      MFA 532 = Warren 545 (this coin); AMNG III 29; SNG 
      ANS 15 var. (no exergual line). Good VF, toned, 
      struck with slightly worn obverse die. ($2500)

      From the William and Louise Fielder Collection. Ex 
      Classical Numsimatic Group 42 (29-30 May 1997), 
      lot 197; Boston Museum of Fine Arts Collection 
      (Numismatic Fine Arts VIII, 6 June 1980), lot 96; 
      Warren Collection, 545; Ivanoff Collection 
      (Sotheby & Wilkinson, 1863), lot 38.

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