Watch List notes:

AEOLIS, Aigai. Circa 151-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (36mm, 16.83 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Wreathed head of Apollo Smintheos right, bow and quiver over shoulder / Zeus standing left, holding eagle and scepter; monogram to left; all within oak wreath. SNG Ashmolean 1252 var. (monogram); SNG von Aulock 1595 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen 6 var. (same); Gaziantep 227 (this coin). Toned, tiny banker's mark on obverse. VF. Very rare with this monogram.


Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 71 (3 May 1995), lot 283; 1994 Gaziantep Hoard (CH IX, 527 and CH X, 308).