417, Lot: 248. Estimate $300. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 201 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29mm, 17.02 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, prow left above B. Barron 4–7 var. (ALA 4/ALP – [unlisted rev. die]); Price 2447; HGC 6, 1240. VF, lightly toned, some marks and scratches. Rare.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection. Ex Noble 75 (31 March 2004), lot 1752. Reportedly ex Tuck Pittman collection.