386, Lot: 210. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 160-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35mm, 16.34 g, 1h). Stephanophoric type. Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding phiale and filleted laurel branch; monogram to left, omphalos and amphora at feet to right; all within laurel wreath. Sacks Issue 3 var. (monogram retrograde); SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned, softly struck. Very rare variety of a rare issue.
From the W. H. Guertin Collection.