456, Lot: 166. Estimate $750. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 160-143 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 3.74 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding phiale and filleted laurel branch; monogram to left, omphalos and amphora at feet; all within laurel wreath. Sacks Issue 27, dies 2/a; SNG Ashmolean 1463 = Weber 5556 (same dies); SNG von Aulock –. Toned. VF. Very rare as a drachm.
From the BRN Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 94 (18 September 2013), lot 479.