CNG 87, Lot: 525. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 260-230 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.43 g, 12h). Ktesias, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, MI monogram and T before, KTHΣIAΣ in exergue. Deppert 516 var. (V-/R8 [unlisted obv. die]); Marcellesi series 31; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Fitzwilliam 4551 (same rev. die). Good VF, a couple light marks on obverse, reverse struck with worn die.