Very Rare Ithaka Bronze

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 705. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $3100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ELIS, Ithaka. Circa 300-191 BC. Æ 18mm (3.45 g, 5h). Head of Odysseus right, wearing pileus / Thunderbolt within wreath. SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 7-9. Near VF, dark green patina. Very rare.

A recent specimen, lot 563 in CNG 76, in similar condition, hammered at $3800.