CNG 102, Lot: 495. Estimate $1000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 408/4-380/66 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.25 g, 6h). Lochites, magistrate. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of bull right; ΛOXITHΣ above, olive branch to left, bee below; all within shallow incuse square. Barron 141 (A48/P135); HGC 6, 1218. Good VF, toned.

From the MPM Collection, acquired in 1928 by the consignor’s grandfather, reportedly from the same find as Triton XIX, lot 166, a Herakliskos Drakonopnigon Tridrachm of Kyzikos.