421, Lot: 161. Estimate $150. Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Erythrai. Circa 290-275 BC. AR Tetradrachm (26.5mm, 17.00 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, monogram above club; monogram below throne (barely visible). Kinns, Appendix A, –; Price 1699; CNG E-208, lot 36 (same dies). VF, area of flat strike along periphery, die break on obverse. Extremely rare, none in Pella, two in CoinArchives, none in ANS Photofile, Price references two.

From the Colin E. Pitchfork Collection, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1997.