CNG 108, Lot: 174. Estimate $500. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Parion. Circa 280-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28.5mm, 17.01 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, bull butting left. Price 1461 var. (monogram below throne); Seyrig, Parion 21 var. (same); SNG France 2506 var. (same). Near EF, lightly toned, minor die shift. Apparently unique.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Freeman & Sear, 17 January 2004.