Sale: CNG 67, Lot: 687. Estimate $750. Closing Date: Wednesday, 22 September 2004. Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.51 gm). Erasippos, son of Aristeios, magistrate. Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Apollo standing left, elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet;
ERASIPPOS ARISTEOU on left, maeander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 32/?; BMC Ionia pg. 162, 37; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2042. EF, slightly toned, light die rust. ($750)
From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Freeman and Sear Mail Bid Sale 1 (10 March 1995), lot 161.