438, Lot: 144. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Chios. Circa 290-275 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 4.17 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation of issue 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-in-wreath above uncertain symbol; uncertain symbol below throne. Unpublished in the standard references; cf. HGC 6, 1134 for prototypes. EF, iridescent tone.

From the Belgica Collection.