TROAS, Assos. Koinon of Aiolis. Circa 310-280 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (15mm, 3.68 g, 10h). VF.

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Lot: 98. Estimated: $ 150

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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TROAS, Assos. Koinon of Aiolis. Circa 310-280 BC. Æ Tetrachalkon (15mm, 3.68 g, 10h). Diademed head of female (Hera?) right / Thunderbolt; grape bunch below. Lazzarini, Inizio, p. 11; CN Online Type 20411. Dark green-brown patina, some roughness. VF.

See D.S. Lenger, “A Phantom City in the Troad: Aioleion and its Coinage” in Phila 3 (2017), for a thorough reevaluation of this coinage, which was struck in the name of the Koinon of Aiolis at the mint of Assos around the turn of the 4th century BC.

Closing Date and Time: 18 March 2026 at 10:32:20 ET.

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