417, Lot: 224. Estimate $300. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Temnos. Circa 188-170 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.46 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; to left, monogram above oinochoe; monogram below throne. Price 1669. VF, toned, minor scratch under tone on reverse. Well centered. Very rare, four in Pella, one in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Spink, 10 December 1998.