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CNG 84, Lot: 627. Estimate $2000.
Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.95 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Herognetos, son of Zopyrionos, "magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet; HPOΓNHTOΣ ZOΠYPIΩNOΣ to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 27; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett 2829 = Pozzi 2463 (same obv. die). EF, lightly toned, a hint of die wear on obverse. Fine style and well centered.


Ex Lanz 132 (27 November 2006), lot 197.