375, Lot: 396. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 270-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.61 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, sphinx seated left above monogram within circle; monogram below throne. Bauslaugh,
Posthumous, Series 30B (dies 38-77) corr. (monograms); Price 2363 corr. (same); HGC 6, 1132. Near VF, toned, porosity and redeposited silver, light marks and scratches.
From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.