423, Lot: 171. Estimate $150. Sold for $125. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 210-190/70 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 16.68 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, star above MI (civic) monogram above lion standing right, head left; monogram below throne. Marcellesi 43; Price 2172 corr. (lion in opposite orientation). VF, scattered marks, light deposits, struck with worn reverse die. Very rare, four in Pella, three in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 4 December 2003.