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Finest Example of this Rarity
80.
Caria, Halicarnassus.
c. 375 BC. Tetradrachm,
15.21g (12h). Obv: Head of Apollo facing, turned
slightly to right. Rx: Eagle standing right, wings
spread; sunburst to right, AΛIKAPNAΣΣEΩN
around. A very important “Facing Head” tet-
radrachm, in far better preservation than the exam-
ple hitherto usually illustrated to show the type.
Struck in high relief, this is a breathtaking specimen
in flawless Mint State condition
$65,000
Excessively rare. The present coin is the finest
known example of a tiny issue of tetradrachms
struck in Halicarnassus prior to Maussollos’ adop-
tion of the city as his capital in c. 367 BC. The
only published example was presented by Sylvia
Hurter in her 1966 report on “42 Tetradrachmen
von Klazomenai” in SNR 45, p. 45, illustrated on
pl. VI and was illustrated in “Amphipolis, the Civic
Coinage in Silver and Gold” by Cathy Lorber, pl.
IV, 21. This is struck from different dies from that
previously unique specimen and bears a sunburst
control mark in place of the bow control of that
coin. This implies that a somewhat larger issue was
originally intended, most of which was never struck
or has not survived
.
81.
Pixodarus.
341-336 BC. Didrachm, 6.77g (11h).
Halicarnassus. Obv: Laureate head of Apollo fac-
ing three-quarter to right. Rx: ΠΙΞΩΔΑΡΟΥ Zeus
Labraundos standing right in long chiton and hima-
tion, holding long spear pointing downwards and
labrys resting on shoulder. SNG von Aulock 2375.
BMC 5. Babelon, Traité pl. XC, 19. Weber 6608.
Tip of nose flat. EF
$750
82.
Mylasa.
c. 175-150 BC. Tetradrachm, 9.41g (11h).
Obv: Rose with two buds, Μ - Y left and right of
stem. Rx: Eagle standing right on palm branch,
spreading wings; AI - A across upper field, AΠ
to right of eagle’s legs. R. Ashton, “The Pseudo-
Rhodian Drachms of Mylasa”, NC (1992), pp. 1-39.
Tetradrachm specifically discussed on p. 22, G var.
(monogram in reverse right field is reverted), pl.
10. Akarca pl. 2, 11 var. SNG von Aulock 2863 var.
SNG Kayhan 842 var. Cf. R. Ashton and G. Reger
in Agoranomia. Studies in Money and Exchange
Presented to John H. Kroll (New York 2006), p.
137, pl. 6, 200. Reverse somewhat flatly struck,
otherwise EF
$750
AΠ is the abbreviation for the month of
AΠEΛΛAIOΣ in the Macedonian calendar, corre-
sponding to c. November in the modern calendar
.
83.
Idyma.
c. 450-400 BC. Drachm, 3.75g (6h). Obv:
Horned head of Pan facing. Rx: Fig leaf, IΔYMION
around. SNG Copenhagen 419. SNG Keckman 60.
SNG von Aulock 2559-2561. Pan is rarely shown
facing and the fig leaf has exceptional detail. VF/EF
$1,500
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