CNG 88, Lot: 345. Estimate $500. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Miletos. Circa 260-230 BC. AR Drachm (20mm, 5.36 g, 1h). Alkon, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo left / Lion standing left, head right; star above, MI monogram and T before, AΛKΩN in exergue. Deppert 515 (V-/R7 [unlisted obv. die]); Marcellesi series 31; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC 94 (same rev. die). Good VF, slight porosity, minor die shift on reverse. Rare.