CNG 87, Lot: 529. Estimate $500. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 200-190 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 4.95 g, 12h). Melanthios, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Lion standing right, head left; star above, MI monogram above ΠA monogram to right, MEΛANΘI/OΣ in two lines in exergue. Cf. Deppert 643 (for series); Marcellesi series 41; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen 987 var. (magistrate); BMC -. Near EF, attractively toned. Extremely rare series.