CNG 96, Lot: 406. Estimate $500. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 215-190 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 16.75 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, amphora above EP monogram. Price 1652–3 var. (monogram); Triton XVII, lot 279 (same dies). VF, toned. Extremely rare, the third known of this variety (cf. Roma E-Sale 2, lot 156 for the second known) from a very rare series of Alexanders at Myrina.