New Die Link

388, Lot: 112. Estimate $300. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31.5mm, 16.37 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Metrophanes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing tainia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg, MHTPOΦANHΣ below; all within wreath. Oakley obv. die 13 (unlisted for magistrate); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen 104. Good VF, toned, delaminations on obverse. New die link for series.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.

Obverse die 13 is known for the following magistrate, Kallias, but is previously unknown for Metrophanes. Obverse die 12 was previously known to have been used by both magistrates.