CNG 108, Lot: 189. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 140-135 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.52 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Head of Athena Parthenos right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with Pegasos above the foreparts of five galloping horses / Club; HPAKΛEΩTΩN above; below, Nike walking left, holding wreath in right hand, flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva,
Silberprägung, Group II.B, 8–12 var. (unlisted dies); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 2823. EF, even gray tone with golden hues around the devices.
Ex Shirley Hanberry Collection (Goldberg 96, 14 February 2017), lot 1535, purchased from T. D. Walker in 1987.