Watch List notes:

MYSIA, Parion. Circa 165-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (39mm, 16.95 g, 12h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath / Apollo, laureate and draped at the waist, holding a laurel branch in right hand and resting his left on grounded bow to right; monogram to outer left; to inner left, ΔΙ monogram above lit altar; Å∏o¬¬W@o% Å˚tÅ5oU ∏År5Å@W@ around. Meadows, Parion, Group 1, 1 = Spink 106, lot 59 (same obv. die); SNG BN –; NAC 29, lot 29 (same obv. die). Toned with some iridescence. Good VF. Extremely rare Hellenistic tetradrachm of Parion; Meadows only knew of five examples for the entirety of the series, comprising four issues. This coin is one of only three presently known for this particular issue, and is the sole example with this reverse die.

Ex Nomos 5 (25 October 2011), lot 179.