294, Lot: 165. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Kolophon. Circa 450-410 BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 5.30 g, 6h). Laureate head of Apollo right; branch behind neck / Kithara within incuse square. Milne, Colophon 42a (this coin); SNG von Aulock 2003 var. (A behind neck); cf. SNG Copenhagen 139; BMC 3. VF, toned, granular surfaces, a few light marks under tone. Very rare with branch.

Ex Robert and Julius Diez Collection (Lanz 151, 30 June 2011), lot 165; Gustav Philipsen Collection (Part III, J. Hirsch XXV, 29 November 1909), lot 2090.