Triton XVII, Lot: 279. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 215-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.08 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, amphora above EP monogram. Price 1658–8 var. (monogram); SNG Alpha Bank –; SNG München –; SNG Saroglos –; CNG 87, lot 504 var. (same; same obv. die). EF, double struck on reverse. Very rare, unpublished variety.