CNG 85, Lot: 426. Estimate $300. Sold for $235. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 260-250 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.33 g, 11h). Diogenes, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, monogram and Δ before, ΔIOΓENHΣ in exergue. Deppert 527 var. (unlisted dies, T not Δ before lion); SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; Pozzi 2490 var. (same); Hess-Divo 310, 116 (same dies). VF, struck from worn dies, light porosity, a few scratches. Very rare.