Sale: CNG 81, Lot: 522. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 20 May 2009.  Sold For $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 350-325 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.61 g, 12h). Rhodian standard. Diopeithes, magistrate. Warrior, holding lance, on horse rearing right / Bull butting left on maeander pattern; grain ear behind, [Δ]IOΠEIΘH[Σ] in exergue. SNG Copenhagen 807-8 var. (same); SNG Kayhan 414-8 var. (magistrate); SNG von Aulock 2035 var. (same); SNG München 587-90 var. (same). EF, toned.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.