Tenth Known

CNG 88, Lot: 429. Estimate $1500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CILICIA, Elaioussa Sebaste. Circa 95-94 BC. AR Tetradrachm (27mm, 15.49 g, 12h). Turreted, veiled, and draped bust of Tyche right / Female (Aphrodite?) standing left, holding tiller; monogram and aplustre to outer left, AN to inner left; all within laurel wreath. Callataÿ, Production, unlisted dies; Houghton & Bendall Group 1, 1-2 (unlisted dies); SNG France 1152; SNG Levante -. VF, toned, porous. Extremely rare, the tenth known tetradrachm of Elaioussa Sebaste.