Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 693. Estimate $600.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002.  Sold For $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 160-150 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.57 gm). Diademed bust of Artemis right, quiver over shoulder / Nude Apollo standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding branch tied with fillet in his right hand; magistrate ERASIPPOS ARISTEOU on left, maeander pattern below; all enclosed in a laurel wreath. Jones, ANSMN 24, pg. 108, 32a; SNG von Aulock 2042. Lightly toned EF, well struck, small spot of roughness on reverse edge at 10:00. ($600)