CNG 102, Lot: 441. Estimate $4000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 145-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 16.20 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Demeter right, wearing wreath of grain ears and triple-pendant earring / Two Kabeiroi, nude but for cloak tied at their necks, standing facing, each wearing laurel wreath and holding staff in outer hand; ΘEΩN KABEIPΩN at sides, ΣYPIΩN below, monogram to lower right; all within wreath. Nicolet-Pierre & Amandry dies unlisted (Syros); HGC 6, 709 (Syros); Dewing 1968; Pozzi 2056; Winterthur 2319. Near EF, toned. minor porosity, slightly soft strike on brow. Very rare.

Ex Garth R. Drewry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 69, 8 June 2005), lot 336; Classical Numismatic Group 60 (22 May, 2002), lot 625; Spink America (7 December 1995), lot 2077; Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection (Part IV, Sotheby's, 19 June 1991), lot 295.