Rare Date

390, Lot: 170. Estimate $200. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Phaselis. Circa 218/7-186/5 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.48 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Dated CY 19 (200/199 BC). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, IΘ (date) above Φ. Heipp-Tamer 275 var. (V33/R– [unlisted rev. die]); Price 2861; DCA 315. VF, toned, patches of find patina, die shift on obverse. Rare date, only 5 noted by Heipp-Tamer, including the sole piece in Pella database, and none in CoinArchives.

From the collection of Dr. Will Gordon.