CNG 112, Lot: 228. Estimate $500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

BITHYNIA, Kalchedon. Circa 260-220 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 16.94 g, 10h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Zeus Aëtophoros seated left; in left field, Nike standing right, holding wreath aloft in both hands; KA monogram in left field, monogram below throne. Price 929 corr. (monogram below throne; Kallatis); ANS inv. 1957.52.396 (same dies). Lightly toned. Superb EF. Well centered and struck. Rare.

From the John L. Cowan Collection, purchased from Pegasi, 29 September 2007.