Unique

CNG 97, Lot: 200. Estimate $750. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Priene. Circa 190-170/60 BC. AR Drachm (19.8mm, 4.79 g, 9h). Herakl–, magistrate. Helmeted head of Athena right / Ornate trident head; HPAKΛ to left; all within circular maeander pattern. Unpublished. EF, toned, some porosity, hairline flan crack. Unique.

This magistrate is unlisted by Leshhorn for the known coins of Priene. Although the obverse is similar in style to Regling 23, dated to the mid-late 3rd century BC, the reverse is more similar to Regling 24, dated to the early 2nd century BC. This later date is also more likely given the broad and thin character of the flan.