CNG 106, Lot: 429. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2002. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Kos. Circa 400-385 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25mm, 14.54 g, 11h). Persias, magistrate. Bearded head of Herakles left, wearing lion skin / Crab; ΠEPΣIAΣ above, club below; all in dotted square within incuse square. Stefanaki Series IV, Issue 7, 134–41; HGC 6, 1301. Good VF, dark iridescent tone, some minor roughness.