MACEDON. Akanthos. Approximately 480-470 BC. Tetradrachm (silver, 29 mm, 17.41 g). Lion to right, attacking a bull collapsing to left with head raised; above, pellet-in-annulet; in exergue, stylish akanthos flower. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with granulated recesses. AMNG III, 2, -. Boston MFA 519. Desneux, cf. 62-64 (unlisted this). HGC 3.1, 383. Sharply struck and very attractive, a wonderful and lightly toned example of beautiful late archaic style. Very light doubling on the obverse and small deposits on the reverse, otherwise, extremely fine. Ex Leu 15, 1 June 2024, 43, and previously from a European collection, formed before 2005. This lot cannot be shipped to a US address.