Two Lebedos Tetradrachms

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 714. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Lebedos. Circa 160-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.66 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Athenaios, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Owl standing right, head facing, on club between two cornucopias; AQH-NAIOS below; all within wreath. Amandry, Tétradrachmes, group II (D3/R- [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Copenhagen -; Seyrig, Trésors 25.10. Near EF, bright surfaces, some scattered light marks.