A Small Offering of Stephanophoric Tetradrachms

266, Lot: 143. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 165-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.53 g, 12h). Diogenes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg, ΔΙΟΓΕΝΗΣ below; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die 75; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 7697 (same obv. die). Good VF, a bit overcleaned, reverse double struck from a slightly deteriorated die.