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74.
Colophon.
1/8 Obol, 0.83g (11h). Obv: Archaic
head of Apollo left. Rx: Irregular incuse. Klein 356.
Though this coin is rather common, examples this
precise and sharp seldom appear on the market.
Mint State
$1,250
Exceptional Smyrna Tetradrachm
75.
Smyrna.
c. 155-145 BC. Tetradrachm, 16.62g
(11h). Obv: Turreted head of Tyche right. Rx: IMYP
/ NAIΩN above monogram; all within wreath. SNG
Berry 1088. Milne, Silver-. BMC-. A remarkably
sharp example, with a beautiful image of head of
Tyche wearing turreted crown. Dark toning. Mint
State.
$5,000
Ex Lanz 160, 15 June 2015, lot 221
.
76.
Samos.
c. 400 BC. Tetradrachm, 15.35g (6h). Obv:
Lions’ scalp. Rx: Forepart of bull right, olive branch
behind; magistrate’s name APIΣΤΗΙΔΗΣ above, ΣΑ
and monogram in wreath below. Barron 135. This
issue showing the scalp of a lion normally comes
showing only part of the scalp. This coin has a per-
fectly centered obverse. EF
$5,000
77.
Teos.
c. 495/490-478 BC. Stater, 12.02g (5h). Obv:
Winged griffin crouching right with left foreleg
raised; below his body, apple; before, cock stand-
ing right (Balcer says “eagle”). Rx: Four-part incuse
square with square object covered with pellets in
one partition. Balcer, Swiss Numismatic Review
1968, Group XVI, no. 26 (A26/P45). From the same
dies as Ars Classica VII, 1924, lot 1490. This issue
rarely comes this well struck. EF
$1,000
78.
Aeolis. Myrina.
c. 160-145 BC. Tetradrachm,
16.63g (1h). Obv: Head of Apollo right, wearing
laurel wreath with ribbons flowing behind. Rx:
ΜΥΡΙΝΑΙΩΝ Apollo Gryneios standing right,
wearing laurel wreath and himation, holding branch
with two fillets and patera; at feet, omphalos and
amphora; in inner left field, ΔYΘI monogram; all
within laurel wreath. Sacks reads the monogram as
ΔY.I, substituting a pellet for what looks like a small
Θ on our coin. K. Sacks, ANSMN 30 (1985), p. 36,
Issue 24, obv. die 35. Beautifully centered. Mint
State
$1,000
79.
Pergamum, Attalus I.
Tetradrachm, 16.91g (12h).
241-197 BC. Obv: Head of Philetairos right, wear-
ing laurel wreath entwined with diadem. Rx:
ΦIΛETAIPOY downwards on left, Athena wearing
crested helmet seated left on throne, extending her
right arm to crown the king’s name with a laurel
wreath; her left elbow rests on shield ornamented
with gorgoneion, and a spear emerges transversely
behind her helmet; EYMO monogram below her
right arm, bee in outer left field, and bow in right
field. Westermark V.CXI-R.1. High relief portrait.
About EF
$500
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