Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 513. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 350-340 BC. AR Drachm (3.49 g, 12h). Aristonomos, magistrate. Bee with straight wings; astragali flanking / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, APIΣTONOMOΣ to right. Pixodarus p. 191; SNG Copenhagen 240 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 277 var. (magistrate). Good VF, toned, a little porous. Extremely rare issue.

These drachms of a type similar to the late Classical period tetradrachms were all struck during Kinns’ period G. Although a number reside in museum collections (SNG Copenhagen 240; SNG Kayhan 277; SNG München 50; SNG Fitzwilliam 4417), they are extremely rare in the marketplace.