Triton XVIII, Lot: 613. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 31/– (unlisted rev. die); SNG von Aulock 2042; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 37; McClean 8181; Pozzi 2461. EF, a hint of toning around the devices, flan a little compact.