415, Lot: 110. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KINGS of MACEDON. Pyrrhos (of Epiros). 287-285 BC and 274-273 BC. Æ Unit (16.5mm, 4.82 g, 5h). Pella mint. Macedonian shield; monogram of Pyrrhos on boss / Macedonian helmet; BA-ΣI flanking monogram below; all within oak wreath. HGC 3, 272; SNG Alpha Bank 971 corr. (monogram, not labrys). VF, black patina.

From the Belgica Collection. Ex Pecunem/Gitbud & Neumann 37 (1 November 2015), lot 116.

This monogram is also found on tetradrachms of Alexander type that were struck under Pyrrhos (Price 569–70).