294, Lot: 344. Estimate $500. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 270-240 BC. AR Tetrobol (15mm, 2.33 g, 12h). Ptolemaic standard. Head of Hera left, wearing stephanos / Prow right; trident above. Barron p. 220, 2a (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 1716; SNG von Aulock 2303; HGC 6, 1238 (this coin illustrated). Good VF, toned, a couple peck marks on reverse. Rare.

From the RCM Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 81 (20 May 2009), lot 536; Lestranges Collection (Egger, 26 November 1909), lot 409.