CNG 108, Lot: 200. Estimate $300. Sold for $950. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Smyrna. Circa 220-200 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.89 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, turreted head of Tyche left above monogram. Milne, Autonomous, Period VIII, unlisted monogram; Price 2254; SNG Ashmolean 2801. VF, toned, minor double strike on reverse. Extremely rare, only one in Pella and one in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Spink, 20 December 1995.