CNG 100, Lot: 1445. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 15.29 g, 12h). Menekrates, magistrate. Struck circa 380-370 BC. Bee with straight wings; E-Φ flanking / Forepart of stag right, head reverted; palm tree to left, MENEKPATHΣ to right. Pixodarus Class C, obv. die 18; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 231. Good VF, attractively toned, minor die break on obverse. Well struck on a broad flan, exceptional for type.

Ex Roma 6 (29 September 2013), lot 618; Triton XIII (5 January 2010), lot 182.