409, Lot: 255. Estimate $300. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 210-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (32mm, 17.08 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above sphinx seated left; monogram below throne. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 50A, obv. die 58; Price 2393; HGC 6, 1133. Good VF, toned.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.