CNG 112, Lot: 296. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SATRAPS of CARIA. Hidrieus. Circa 351/0-344/3 BC. AR Tetradrachm (25.5mm, 15.20 g, 1h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery around neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys and inverted spear; small E between foot and spear, IΔPIEΩΣ to right. Konuk, Identities 28; Babelon, Perses 405; Traité II 100; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 340; SNG Kayhan 880; SNG von Aulock 8046; BMC 1. Light iridescent tone. EF. A well struck example with intact nose.

Ex Sunrise Collection (Triton X, 9 January 2007), lot 344.