160, Lot: 195. Estimate $75. Sold for $116. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Autonomous Issue. Circa 2nd-3rd Century AD. Æ 16mm (3.31 g). Bust of Herakles right, lion’s skin tied around neck / CMYPNA-IWN, river-god reclining left, holding reed in right hand, left elbow resting on urn from which water flows. Klose 16 (V10/R15); SNG Copenhagen 1261 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 2182 (same dies). Good VF, dark green, almost black, patina, minor earthen highlights.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.