CNG 99, Lot: 191. Estimate $1000. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Lampsakos(?). Memnon of Rhodes. Mid 4th century BC. AR Drachm (15mm, 3.18 g, 11h). Pseudo-Rhodian type. Youthful head of Helios left on radiate solar disk / Rose with buds to either side; E Y flanking. Ashton, Solar – (A2/P2 – unlisted die combination); SNG von Aulock 2862; (same obv. die); Traité II 1736. Good VF, toned, a little die wear on obverse. Very rare.

This series of “solar disk” drachms has been variably attributed to Megiste, Nisyros, and Euthana. Recent hoard evidence, as well as single finds, has prompted a reattribution of this issue to a location in the Troad, probably Lampsakos (See Ashton, Memnon, pp. 11-15).