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61.
Uncertain Mint in Western Ionia.
c. 650-600 BC.
Hekte, 2.41g (12h). Obv: Flattened striated surface.
Rx: Rough incuse. Weidauer 8. SNG Kayhan 680.
SNG von Aulock 1769. EF
$4,000
Ex Berk 192, 9 October 2014, lot 1
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62.
c. 625-600 BC. Hekte, Lydo-Milesian standard,
2.30g (8h). Obv: Geometric figure composed of
a cross with lines radiating from angles, centered
upon a polygon; all within a square with slightly
rounded sides. Rx: Rectangular incuse punch divid-
ed into compartments, two of which contain pellets.
SNG Kayhan 698. Traité I 5. Weidauer--. SNG von
Aulock--. EF
$3,500
Ex NAC 11, 29 April 1998, lot 75
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Weidauer Plate Coin & von Aulock Collection
63.
c. 600-550 BC. Hemihekte--1/12 stater, 1.18g (12h).
Obv: Head of ram left. Rx: Incuse square, pellets
within. Weidauer 51 (this coin). SNG von Aulock
1798 (this coin). Ln 1135 (this coin). As struck, EF
$7,000
Ex Münzen & Medaillen 53, 29 November 1977, lot
99. Ex von Aulock Collection
.
“I Am the Badge of Phanes”
64.
Ionia. Ephesus.
c. 625-600 BC. EL Stater, 14.02g
(11h). Obv: Spotted stag grazing right; above, ret-
rograde, ΦΑΝΟΣ ΕΜΙ ΣΕΙΜΑ (“I am the badge of
Phanes”). Rx: Three rough geometric incuse punch-
es (Reverse B). Weidauer 39 (same dies). Harlan
J. Berk, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins, pp. 10 and
120. Of the less than ten recorded examples of this
extremely important first electrum coin to name an
individual, this is one of the few with a full legend.
It is also beautifuly centered with a full head and
body of the stag, and even shows some of the spots
on the stag’s coat. Bold Fine/good VF
$175,000
Ex Jonathan Rosen Collection
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