Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 185. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Themistokles. Circa 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (0.42 g, 7h). Barley grain right; ΘE above, meander pattern below / Male head (Themistokles?) right, wearing diadem; [M]-A across field; all within incuse square. Cf. Nollé & Wenninger Th5c; cf. Gorny & Mosch 160, lot 1516; otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, a hint of granularity. Apparently unique.