CNG 87, Lot: 521. Estimate $3000. Sold for $8500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Herakleia ad Latmon. Circa 150-142 BC. AR Tetradrachm (30mm, 16.64 g, 9h). Stephanophoric type. Helmeted head of Athena right / Club; below, owl flanked by two monograms; all within oak wreath. Lavva, Silberprägung group I, 1 (V1/R1); SNG von Aulock 1978; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Lockett 2824; SNG Berry 1063 (all from the same dies). EF, lovely old cabinet toning. Exceptional detail.