Sale: CNG 60, Lot: 671. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 May 2002.  Sold For $187. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Adramyteon. Circa 2nd Century BC. Æ 11mm (1.51 gm). Laureate, three-quarter facing head of Zeus, slightly right / Eagle standing left on pediment. Von Fritze 4, pl. i, 6; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC Mysia -; SNG von Aulock -; Traité pl. clxx, 15. VF, glossy brown patina under light earthen encrustation. Rare. ($200)

The city is said to have been named after its founder, Adramys (also Adromos, Adromon or Adromus), notable for being a brother of king Kroisos of Lydia.