Watch List notes:

IONIA. Kolophon. Circa 375-350 BC. Drachm (Silver, 16 mm, 3.31 g, 12 h), Aristeides, magistrate. Laureate head of Apollo to left. Rev. KOΛOΦΩ / [A]PIΣTEIΔHΣ Kithara. Milne, Colophon, 65. SNG Copenhagen 143 var. (different magistrate). Beautifully toned. Very fine.


This coin has quite an amazing patina: it looks like bronze in hand, but it is, of course, a silver drachm.