Erythrai (BC 330-300) Drachm

ca 330-300 BC. AR Drachm (3.61g). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion's skin headdress / EPY, club and bow case; owl to left, magistrate Î§Î‘Î¡ÎœÎ—Î£. Attractively toned, near EF. Rare. Ex Classical Numismatic Auctions XVI (8/1991), lot 162; Numismatic Fine Arts IV (3/1977), lot 288; John Ward Collection - Metropolitan Museum of Art (Sotheby's - Zurich, 4/1973), lot 567.

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City/Mint name:	Erythrai
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Keywords:	silver / hellenistic
References:	BMC Ionia p. 124, 62; SNG Kayhan 326; SNG Fitzwilliam 4486
Valuation:	CNG Triton VI (1/2003), lot 351 ($650 + comm)
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