333, Lot: 70. Estimate $300. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Myrina. Circa 160-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.49 g, 1h). Stephanophoric type. Laureate head of Apollo right / Apollo Grynios standing right, holding phiale and filleted laurel branch; monogram to left, omphalos and amphora at feet to right; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Sacks Issue 5 for similar, otherwise unpublished. Good VF, numerous scratches.
The monogram for Sacks Issue 5 seems to be composed of the same letters but has them arranged in a different form.