Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 287. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $2400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (15.28 g, 12h). Phurtas, magistrate. Struck circa 370-360 BC. Bee with straight wings; E-Φ flanking / Forepart of stag right; palm tree to left, ΦYPTAΣ to right. Pixodarus class E, obv. die 61 (unrecorded for magistrate); SNG Kayhan -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; SNG München -; Giessener Münzhandlung 84, lot 5309. Good VF, toned. Exceptional broad flan. Very rare magistrate, one of only four examples recorded.