Triton XVIII, Lot: 612. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Circa 150-140 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33.5mm, 16.96 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Erasippos, son of Aristeos, “magistrate”. Diademed and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Apollo Delphios standing left, left elbow resting on tall tripod behind, holding in right hand a branch tied with fillet; EPAΣIΠΠOΣ APIΣTEOY to left, MAΓNHTΩN to right, meander pattern below; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 30/c; SNG von Aulock 2042 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 37; McClean 8181 (same obv. die); Pozzi 2461. EF, beautifully toned. Well centered and struck.

From the collection of the MoneyMuseum, Zurich. Ex Star Collection (LHS 102, 29 April 2008), lot 277.