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69.
c. 477-388 BC. 1/6 Stater or Hekte, 2.51g (11h).
Obv: Female head left with hair pulled back in low
bun at base of neck, and wearing a double band in
her hair. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Bodenstedt
90. Very elegant. EF
$1,100
70.
c. 387-326 BC. 1/6 Stater or Hekte, 2.56g (11h).
Obv: Youthful head of Pan left, wearing ivy wreath
in his hair. Rx: Four-part incuse square. Bodenstedt
97. VF
$1,100
71.
Lesbos, Mytilene.
c. 377-326 BC. 1/6 Stater or
Hekte, 2.57g (6h). Obv: Head of Apollo wear-
ing laurel wreath right. Rx: Head of Artemis right,
her hair in sphendone; snake symbol in left field.
Bodenstedt 100. EF
$1,100
72.
Hekte, 2.54g (1h). Obv: Laureate head of Zeus
Meilichios right, small serpent before chin. Rx:
Winged bust of Nike facing, head right; stars flank-
ing above; all within linear square. Bodenstedt 101.
SNG von Aulock 7741. Boston MFA 1728. BMC
113. Rather nice with an extremely beautiful reverse
of winged Nike. VF/EF
$2,000
Classic Numismatic Rarity
73.
Clazomenae.
c. 380-360 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.18g
(10h). Obv: Laureate, facing head of Apollo, turned
slightly left Rx: ΚΛΑZOM - [ENIO]N above and
to right, HP - [AKΛEIΔHΣ] below, Swan standing
left with wings raised, head turned back to plume
wing. BM 18, pl. VI.8. Boston-1852. Of the 42
tetradrachms of Clazomenae published by Silvia
Hurter in the Swiss Numismatic Review of 1966,
this is by far the finest. Since that publication light
encrustation has been removed from the eyes of
Apollo, making the coin’s quality even more evi-
dent. In the Prospero sale of 2012 this coin sold for
a hammer price of $71,000, though of course the
Sheik was highly active in that sale. Though a few
wonderful examples are in museums, this is the fin-
est coin available of this monumentally important
issue. About EF
$40,000
From the Vourla Hoard 1964, IGCH 1210,
published by S. Hurter, 42 Tetradrachmen von
Klazomenai, SNR XLV, 1966, p. 30, no. 12, pl. II
(this coin) Ex New York Sale XXVII, 2012, Prospero
Collection, lot 508 Ex Peus 329, 1990, lot 194 Ex
NAC I, 1989, lot 198 Ex Leu 33, 1983, lot 378
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