CNG 99, Lot: 200. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Aigai. Circa 151-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.50 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Wreathed head of Apollo Smintheos right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram to left; all within oak wreath. SNG Ashmolean 1252; SNG von Aulock 1595; SNG Copenhagen 6. Good VF, attractive cabinet tone, minor die wear. Very rare.

Ex New York Sale IX (13 January 2005), lot 95.

Of all the mints to strike tetradrachms of stephanophoric type, Aigai had one of the smallest outputs, with just four obverse dies known today (cf. U. Westermark, “En tetradrachm från Aigai i Aiolis” in Festscrift Lagerqvist, pp. 471–5).