135. KINGS of MACEDON. Archelaos. 413-400/399 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.81 g, 3h). Aigai mint. Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing tainia / Årc-E-¬Å-o, horse advancing right, trailing rein in linear square within shallow incuse square. Westermark, Staters, Group II, Series 1, dies O11/R12, a (this coin); AMNG III/2, 3; SNG ANS 70 = SNG Berry 76; SNG Alpha Bank 138–41; SNG München 26. Good VF, lightly toned. ($2000) From the RAJ Collection, purchased in 1998 from F. Shore. Ex Leu 72 (12 May 1998), lot 174; 1969 Ptolemais Hoard (IGCH 365).
136. KINGS of MACEDON. Aeropos. Circa 398/7-395/4 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.67 g, 4h). Aigai or Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing tainia / ÅEro-[π]-o, horse advancing right, trailing rein in linear square within shallow incuse square. Westermark, Remarks, pl. LXIX, 12; AMNG III/2, 1; SNG ANS 76 var. (orientation of legend); SNG Alpha Bank 172. Good VF, toned, minor die rust on obverse. Rare. ($5000) From the RAJ Collection. Ex William and Louise Fielder Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 141. After the death of Archelaos, the crown passed to his son, Orestes, who was still in his minority. Aeropos, who is thought to have been a grandson of Alexander I, was appointed regent by the Macedonian Assembly, and then was appointed king after Orestes died (or was killed) in 398/7 BC. Very little is known of his reign. Aeropos is said to have died of an illness (Diod. 14.84.6), and was succeeded by his son, Pausanias.
137. KINGS of MACEDON. Pausanias. 394/3 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.07 g, 9h). Aigai or Pella mint. Head of Apollo right, with short hair, wearing tainia / πÅUs-[Å]-@5Å, horse advancing right, trailing rein in linear square within shallow incuse square. Westermark, Remarks, pl. LXIX, 24; AMNG III/2, 1, pl. XXIX, 31 = McClean 3295 (same obv. die); SNG ANS 85; SNG Alpha Bank 182; SNG München 36. VF, toned, minor porosity, light scratches under tone, a few small test cuts along edge. Very rare full silver issue; most staters of Pausanias are plated. ($3000) From the RAJ Collection. Ex William and Louise Fielder Collection (Triton VIII, 11 January 2005), lot 142; Münzen und Medaillen FPL 166 (March 1957), 7. Pausanias was the son of Aeropos, and became king upon his father’s death. Almost nothing is known of his very brief reign, which is mainly attested by his coinage.
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