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CNG 108, Lot: 199. Estimate $500.
Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Priene. Circa 280-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30.5mm, 17.18 g, 11h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, downward trident head above ПPI; ΛE below throne. Regling 37; Price 2237; SNG Copenhagen 752. Good VF, lightly toned. Very rare, Regling notes only two (in London and Paris), Pella includes an additional piece, and this is the sole example in CoinArchives.


From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex New York Sale IX (13 January 2005), lot 74; Classical Numisimatic Group 60 (22 May 2002), lot 303.