420, Lot: 230. Estimate $200. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 215-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (35.5mm, 16.90 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, oinochoë above monogram. Price 1627 corr. (monogram; same obv. die as illustration). VF, toned, some porosity, struck from worn obverse die. Extremely rare, one in Pella, none in CoinArchives, none in ANS Photofile, one in Ma’ret en-Nu’man Hoard.
From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Tuck Pittman Collection; Noble 75 (31 March 2004), lot 1752.