205, Lot: 275. Estimate $100. Sold for $83. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Pseudo-autonomous issue. 2nd-3rd centuries AD. Æ 16mm (2.74 g, 7h). Bust of Herakles right, lion skin tied around neck / River-god reclining left, holding reed, resting elbow on overturned urn from which water flows. SNG Copenhagen 1261; SNG von Aulock 2182. VF, green-brown patina.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.