MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 430-390 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26mm, 13.50 g, 10h). Phoenician standard. Lion right, attacking bull crouching left, head raised; EVK above, zigzag pattern below exergual line, all within dotted circle / AKA-N-ΘIO-N in shallow incuse square around raised quadripartite square, the quarters granulated. Cf. Desneux 120 (EVK below bull); HGC 3, 385. Edge splits, lightly toned, minor porosity, areas of residual luster. Good VF. An extremely rare variant.
Ex Rauch 86 (12 May 2010), lot 296.