CNG 108, Lot: 218. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 201 BC. AR Tetradrachm (31mm, 16.96 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; prow left in left field. Barron 10 (ALA 5/ALP 10); Price 2446; HGC 6, 1240. Good VF, some die wear on obverse. Fine style. Rare, five noted by Barron, four additional in Pella, six in CoinArchives.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Jonathan K. Kern, 15 January 2002.