CARIA, Iasos. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.37 g, 12h). Persic standard. Menoitios, magistrate. Good VF.

Triton XXVI
Lot: 281. Estimated: $ 2 000

Greek, 12h, Silver

Sold For $ 7 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Go to Live

CARIA, Iasos. Circa 250-190 BC. AR Drachm (21mm, 5.37 g, 12h). Persic standard. Menoitios, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo right / Boy holding on to dolphin swimming right; IA above, MENOITIOΣ below. Ashton, Pre-Imperial, p. 55, 7 (A6/P7) = SNG Ashmolean 218 = J. G. Milne, “Notes on the Oxford Collections. (4) Caria” in NC 1938, p. 260, Iasos 1 (same dies); HN Online 1346; SNG Keckman –; SNG von Aulock –. Toned, flan crack, minor die shift on reverse. Good VF. Extremely rare, this magistrate known on only one example, in the Ashmolean museum.


The final winners of all Triton XXVI lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 10-11 January 2023.

Triton XXVI – Session One – Lots 1-334 will be held Tuesday morning, 10 January 2023 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.

Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.

We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.