214, Lot: 157. Estimate $75. Sold for $67. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Pitane. 4th-3rd centuries BC. Æ 9mm (0.78 g). Head of Zeus Ammon right / [Π]-I-Σ-O-Σ, pentagram with pellet in center. SNG France 2253-5 var. (rev. legend); SNG Copenhagen 535 var. (same); BMC 4, note. VF, dark green patina. Rare with this reverse legend.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

The vast majority of Pitane’s coinage of the “Zeus Ammon / pentagram” type features an ethnic on the reverse. This rare specimen probably carries the name of a magistrate.