MYRINA SILVER TETRADRACHM – EX 1972 BANK LEU SALE AND PUBLISHED IN SACKS STUDY – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK AEOLIS COIN (Inv. 19887)

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19887. AEOLIS. MYRINA. Ca. MID–2nd CENTURY BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 16.28 g, 33 mm.
Obv. Laureate head of Apollo right. Rev. MΥΡINAIΩN, Apollo Grynios right, standing, holding branch and phiale, omphalos and amphora at his feet, ΓΒΝ control monogram in left field, all within laurel wreath.
Sacks, Issue 29, 33l (this coin listed).
Ex Central Texas Collection, acquired from Nilus Coins, inv. 30534, with old dealer’s ticket; ex Bank Leu 2, 4/25/72, lot 235.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 4/5, Surface 4/5, light gray cabinet patina, a coin published in Sack’s seminal article on the series. The piece has been professionally cleaned since its appearance at the Bank Leu 1972 sale, to remove a large patch of unsightly encrustation on the obverse.