CARIA, Iasos. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.37 g, 12h). Persic standard. Menoitios, magistrate. Good VF.Triton XXVI Greek, 12h, Silver Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Iasos. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.37 g, 12h). Persic standard. Menoitios, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Boy holding on to dolphin swimming right; IA above, MENOITIOΣ below. Ashton, Pre-Imperial, p. 55, 7 (A6/P7) = SNG Ashmolean 218 = J. G. Milne, “Notes on the Oxford Collections. (4) Caria” in NC 1938, p. 260, Iasos 1 (same dies); HN Online 1346; SNG Keckman –; SNG von Aulock –. Toned, flan crack, minor die shift on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, this magistrate known on only one example, in the Ashmolean museum. |