315, Lot: 82. Estimate $200. Sold for $130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Archepolis. Circa 459 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.37 g, 3h). Head of Leukippos right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Owl standing left, head facing; AP monogram to lower left, XE monogram to upper right; all within border of pellets within incuse square. Nollé & Wenninger A 3a. VF, light porosity, off center.

After Themistokles’ death (on Themistokles, see lot 79 above), his son Archepolis succeeded him as governor and issued a similar series of silver fractions. These coins are part of the primary evidence of his otherwise little-known reign.