CNG 106, Lot: 365. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Ephesos. Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 15.32 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. Agnon, magistrate. Bee / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, AΓNΩN to right. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered. Very rare imitation of this series.

A rare high quality imitation that was struck on a folded flan of another coin, with traces of the types visible on the edge. It is also interesting that there is no known magistrate named Agnon among those found on the official issues.