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1719
Ionia, Klazomenai. Æ (4.45 g), ca. 380-360 BC
. Head of
Athena facing slightly right, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet.
Reverse:
E/
in two lines above, ram walking
right; in right field, thunderbolt. SNG Copenhagen 85. Pleasing
green and brown patina.
Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value ..................................................... $250 - 300
The Hanbery Collection.
Enlargement
1720 Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander. Silver Tetradrachm (16.78 g), ca. 160-150 BC
. Pausanias, son of Pausanios, magistrate. Diademed
and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder.
Reverse:
, Apollo Delphios standing facing, head left, holding branch
tied with fillet and leaning against tall tripod behind; in inner left field, magistrate' s name:
AY
ANIOY in two lines; below, mean-
der pattern; all within laurel wreath. Jones dies 13/a; SNG Lockett 2830 (same dies). Lightly toned.
Superb Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value .......................................................................................................................................................................$1,000 - 1,500
From The Herbert & Aphrodite Rubin Collection; Private purchase from Harlan J. Berk in the 1980s, includes his ticket.
This coin belongs to the larger group of so-called "wreath-bearing" coinages of Western Asia Minor struck in the mid-second century BC. Based on
finds and the fact that the Attalid kingdom, to which most of the issuing cities belonged, had already introduced the lighter cistophoric standard in
its territory, it has been suggested that the "wreath-bearing" coinages were produced in large part to aid the Seleukid pretender Alexander I Balas
who is known to have had Attalid support.
Enlargement
1721 Ionia, Magnesia on the Maeander. Silver Tetradrachm (16.81 g), ca. 160-150 BC
. Herognetos, son of Zopyrionos, magistrate. Diademed
and draped bust of Artemis right, bow and quiver at shoulder.
Reverse:
, Apollo Delphios standing facing, head left, holding branch
tied with fillet and leaning against tall tripod behind; in inner left field, magistrate' s name:
in two lines; below,
meander pattern; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Jones 29-34, uncertain dies; SNG von Aulock 2042. Well struck in high relief. Delicately toned.
Superb Extremely Fine
.
Estimate Value .......................................................................................................................................................................$1,000 - 1,500
From the Hanbery Collection; Purchased privately from F. Kovacs in 1982. Ex Cyme Hoard, 1970.