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1075
Bithynian Kingdom. Prousias I Cholos. Silver Tetradrachm (16.80 g), ca. 230/28-182 BC. Nicomedia(?), ca.
230/28-210/0 BC. Diademed head of Prusias I right. Rev.
BASILEWS PROUSIOU
, Zeus Stratios standing
facing, head left, crowning name with wreath and holding scepter; in inner left field, thunderbolt above two
monog. (cf. RG 9b (upper monogram not recorded); cf. SNG von Aulock 244 (diff. monog)). Well struck
in high relief with attractive old cabinet tone. Very fine.
$ 750
1076
Mysia, Kyzikos. Electrum 1/12 Stater (1.28 g), 5
th
-4
th
centuries BC. Youthful Dionysos reclining left on
panther’s skin draped over rock, holding kantharos; below, tunny left. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. (cf.
Von Fritze I 155 (stater); cf. SNG BN 302-3 (same); Hurter & Liewald II 155). Choice very fine. $ 1,200
ex Gorny & Mosch 199 (10 October 2011), lot 350.
1077
Troas, Skepsis. Silver Drachm (3.54 g), 5
th
century BC.
S
-KH-
Y
I-ON, forepart of Pegasos right. Rev. Palm
tree in square linear and pelleted borders, all within shallow incuse square. (SNG Ashmolean -; SNG von
Aulock 7643; SNG Copenhagen 470; Dewing 2223 (same dies)).
Rare.
Toned. Extremely fine.
$ 1,200
ex Triton XVII (6 January 2014), lot 275.
Skepsis was originally an Aiolic city in Troas, but after 494 BC the city was refounded by Ionian Milesians who had probably fled
the Persian sack of Miletos. Considering the involvement of Milesian settlers who would have likely brought the cult of Apollo with
them, it is tempting to suggest that the enigmatic palm tree on the reverse of this Skepsian coin may represent the sacred tree under
which Leto gave birth to Apollo and Artemis.