Two Extremely Rare Fractions of Archepolis

Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 716. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Archepolis. Circa 459 BC. AR Trihemiobol (0.98 g, 8h). Bearded male head right, wearing laurel wreath / Eagle flying right; A (or AP monogram) to upper right (barely visible); all within linear square in incuse square. Cf. Nollé & Wenninger A 2a, otherwise unpublished. VF, light porosity. Apparently unique.