159, Lot: 92. Estimate $750. Sold for $675. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (34mm, 16.86 g). Pausanias, son of Pausanias, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, resting on tripod; PAUSANIAS PAUSANIOU on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones 12 (same obverse die); SNG Copenhagen -; Jameson 1504; SNG Lockett 2830. EF, attractively toned, flat strike in center of reverse.