CNG 105, Lot: 357. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 201 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 17.04 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, prow left above B. Barron 4–7 var. (ALA 4/ALP – [unlisted rev. die]); Price 2447; HGC 6, 1240. Near EF, lightly toned, slightly off center, minor mark on cheek. Rare.