CNG 100, Lot: 1530. Estimate $300. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 221/0-189/8 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.79 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 6 (216/5 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, ς (date) above Φ; O below throne. Heipp-Tamer 201.1 (V14/R42 – this coin, illustrated); Price 2841 (213/2 BC; this coin referenced [Heipp 98]); DCA 315 (213/2 BC). VF, toned, area of weak strike, a touch of die wear, a little off center on reverse. Very rare date, nine in Heipp-Tamer, four in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon. Ex Elsen 93 (15 September 2007), lot 225; Elsen FPL 48 (October 1982), no. 9; Maison Platt FPL (December 1978), no. 31.