Ancients AEOLIS. Myrina. Ca. mid-2nd century BC. AR tetradrachm

Ancients
AEOLIS. Myrina. Ca. mid-2nd century BC. AR tetradrachm (33mm, 16.57 gm, 1h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 5/5. Laureate head of Apollo right, hair falling in three long curls over shoulder / MYPINAIΩN, Apollo standing right, phiale in right hand, filleted branch in left; omphalus and amphora at feet to right, KEA monogram behind, all in laurel border. Sacks, ANS Museum Notes 30, issue 18. SNG Copenhagen 221. Firmly struck from high-relief dies on massive flan without the flatness one often finds on the peripheries of this issue.

From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Andeavor After Coins, eBay purchase with old dealer tag; Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 55 (13 September 2000), lot 475; Classical Numismatic Group, Auction 37 (20 March 1996), lot 484

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Estimate: 1000-1500 USD