CNG 108, Lot: 215. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 210-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.97 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, monogram above sphinx seated left on thunderbolt. Bauslaugh, Posthumous, Series 55, dies 63/164; Price 2403; HGC 6, 1133. Near EF, toned, a few marks, minor die break on reverse. Very rare, seven examples cited by Bauslaugh (including the two pieces in Pella), none in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Spink 159 (11 July 2002), lot 913.