Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 334. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 290-281 BC. AR Octobol (5.51 g, 7h). Theophilos, magistrate. Veiled and draped bust of Arsinoë right / Bow and quiver; monogram and ΘEOΦIΛO[Σ] to left, bee to upper right. Svoronos 879; SNG Kayhan 279 var. (magistrate); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG München -; BMC 71 var. (same). VF, minor porosity on obverse. Rare.