Asie Mineure - Aeolis - Aegae - Tétradrachme (c.... Lot 44

Asie Mineure - Aeolis - Aegae - Tétradrachme (c. 160-150). 16.42g. - SNG Von Aulock 1594 - SNG Berry 990 Dewing 2227 TTB - NGC XF (4/5 et 4/5) This tetradrachm belongs to the stephanophoric series, i.e. “ wreath bearer”, which were struck in a number of different mints - Aigai being one of the places that struck the fewest: only 4 obverse dies are listed in Ulla Westermark, “ En tetradrachm från Aigai i Aiolis”, in Numismatiska meddelanden Festskrift till Lars O. Lagerqvist, Stockholm 1989, pp. 471-475.