Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 427. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $4500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 155-145 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.89 gm, 12h). Turreted head of Tyche right / ZMUR-NAIWN, monogram below; all within wreath. Milne, Silver, pg. 274, 2; BMC Ionia pg. 237, 4 var. (monogram); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 2161; SNG Kayhan 592 var. (monogram). Superb EF, attractively toned. Well centered on a choice flan. ($3000)

From the Ronald Cohen Collection.