CNG 102, Lot: 454. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.05 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 31; SNG von Aulock 2042. EF, a hint of toning around the devices, flan a little compact.
Ex Triton XVIII (6 January 2015), lot 613.