160, Lot: 201. Estimate $75. Sold for $77. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Autonomous issue. Circa 2nd century AD. Æ 3 Assaria (28mm, 11.08 g). Sphinx crouching left, left forepaw raised; at feet, prow of galley left / X-I-W-N, Chian amphora, at base, poppy on either side ; all within wreath. SNG Copenhagen 1653; SNG von Aulock 2284. Good Fine, dark brown patina with some red, double struck or overstruck.

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection.