Only Six Known to Callataÿ

CNG 85, Lot: 404. Estimate $500. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 100-70 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.67 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Janiform head of a laureate male and diademed female / Labrys; monogram and grape bunch to left, pileoi of the Dioskouroi to right; all within laurel wreath. Callataÿ, Tenedos 95 (dA/rA); SNG Copenhagen -; Pozzi 2290. Near EF, toned, slight roughness, light cleaning marks. Extremely rare, only 6 drachms for this issue listed by Callataÿ.