CNG 112, Lot: 256. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.60 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, elbow resting on tall tripod to right, holding branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY in two lines to left, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones obv. die 27; SNG von Aulock 2042; SNG Berry 1067 (same obv. die); Hermitage Sale II 1271 (same obv. die). Lightly toned, minor deposits on reverse. EF.