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1850
Aiolis, Temnos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.79g), ca. 200-170 BC
. Restoring the types of Alexander the Great. Head of young Herakles r., clad
in lion' s skin.
Revers Zeus enthroned l. holding eagle and secptre,
Α
ΛΕΞΑΝΔΡΟΥ
behind; before, tall one-handled vase, framed by vine-branch
and monogram. S-4225; Muller 958. Underlying luster with some areas of tone.
NGC graded Mint State; Strike: 5/5, Surface: 4/5
.
Estimated Value ........................................................................................................................................................................ $500 - 600
Enlargement
1851 Lesbos, Mytilene. Electrum Hekte (2.55 g), ca. 521-478 BC
. Head of roaring lion right.
Reverse:
Incuse head of calf with rectangular punch
behind right. Bodenstedt 13; SNG von Aulock 7722. Boldly struck and nicely centered, delicately toned.
NGC grade Ch AU; Strike: 5/5, Sur-
face: 4/5. Fine style.
Estimated Value ....................................................................................................................................................................... $800 - 1,000
1852
Ionia, Uncertain mint. Electrum Trite (4.01 g), ca. 650-600 BC
. Milesian standard. Plain type. Plain globular surface.
Reverse:
Double incuse punch. Weidauer -, but cf. 4 (hekte); SNG Kayhan 673. Rare.
Very Fine
.
Estimated Value ..................................................................................................................................................... $1,400 - 1,600
V
ERY
R
ARE
A
CHAEMENID
P
ERIOD
S
ILVER
T
ETRADRACHM
,
CA
. 350-333 BC
Enlargement
1853
Ionia, Achaemenid Period. Uncertain satrap. Silver Tetradrachm (14.96 g), ca. 350-333 BC
. Persian king in kneeling-running
stance right, holding spear and bow.
Reverse:
Rectangular or ovoid incuse containing pattern possibly depicting relief map of the hinterland of
Ephesos. Johnston 5-17; cf. Meadows 328 (legend on obv.); Mildenberg grp. 6.2, pl. XII, 110; Sunrise 70. Well centered on excellent metal. A
bit soft on the head of the king. Nicely toned.
Extremely Fine
.
Although her interpretation has been contested more recently, Johnston suggested that the unusual design on the reverse represented a bird'
s-eye view of the river valleys of the Caÿster and Maeander rivers in Ionia, and that the coins were struck at Ephesos to pay for the soldiers
under the command of the Persian general, Memnon, shortly before he was defeated by the Macedonian phalanxes under Alexander the
Great at the Battle of Granicus in 334 BC. If this interpretation is correct, then the type is the first physical relief map known and the earliest
instance of a Greek map.
Estimated Value ............................................................................................................................................................... $8,000 - 9,000