The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's
The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's
The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's
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Two Exceptional Miletos Electrum Staters<br />
515 Ionia, Miletos (c.560-545 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 13.97g, . Roaring lion seated to left, its head turned<br />
back to face to right, within a decorative rectangular frame. Rev. Three ornamental incuse punches, the<br />
left of which is a square punch containing a stag’s head facing to right, the centre a rectangular punch<br />
containing a fox running to left (here downwards) and an ornament, the right a second square punch<br />
containing a star of five pellets connected by lines (Weidauer <strong>12</strong>6 var.; SNG Kayhan 440 var.; Boston<br />
1882). A very impressive example, well-struck, good very fine and very rare. $ <strong>12</strong>,000<br />
Ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XXIV, Zurich, 19 & 20 November 1990, lot 101<br />
516 Ionia, Miletos (c.560-545 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 13.71g, . Roaring lion seated to left, its head turned<br />
back to face to right, within a decorative rectangular frame. Rev. Three ornamental incuse punches,<br />
the left of which is a square punch containing a star of five pellets connected by lines, the centre a<br />
rectangular punch containing a fox running to left (here upwards) and an ornament, the right a second<br />
square punch containing four pellets connected by four irregular lines (Rosen 577; SNG Kayhan 441 var.).<br />
A very good example, very fine and very rare. $ 11,000
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