The Poet Anakreon

442, Lot: 687. Estimate $150. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Teos. Valerian II. Caesar, AD 256-258. Æ (20.5mm, 4.44 g, 7h). ΠO ΛIK · OVAΛЄPIANOC, barheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust right / THIΩN · ЄIΩNΩN, the poet Anakreon seated right, holding lyre. BMC 87; SNG Copenhagen 1536; Lindgren & Kovacs A580A. VF, green and brown patina.

Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 81 (18 September 1995), lot 508.