Watch List notes:

MACEDON, Akanthos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Tetrobol (16.5mm, 2.42 g). Forepart of lion right, head turned as if biting prey; floral ornament above / Quadripartite incuse square. AMNG III/2, 13; SNG ANS 18–21; SNG Ashmolean 2205–6; Dewing 1000; Pozzi 727. Good VF, toned, slight die shift and die break on obverse. Good metal.


From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 69 (8 June 2005), lot 124; Historical Coin Review XVI.1 (January/February 1989), no. 18.