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LOT 041

Sold for (Inc. bp): £414

GREEK MYRENE - AEOLIS - TETRADRACHM
(16.79 grams.).

Circa 155–145 BC. Obv: laureate head of Apollo right, hair in formal curls. Rev: MYPINAIWN, Apollo of Grynium standing right, holding filleted branch and patera, omphalos and amphora on ground before his feet, PY monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath border. Extremely fine.

LITERATURE:
BMC Series II, 13; Sear 4216; see Wildwinds.com (this coin).