The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's

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525 Ionia, Teos (c.540-478 B.C.), Silver Drachm, 5.83g. Griffin seated facing to right, raising its left forepaw. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square, with rough surfaces (J.M. Balcer, ‘The Early Silver Coinage of Teos’, SNR 47, 1968, p. 31, 43; BMC 1; SNG von Aulock 8014; SNG Copenhagen 1433). Toned, about extremely fine. $ 3,000 Ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich, 17 & 18 November 1983, lot 189 526 Ionia, Teos (c.490-465 B.C.), Silver Stater, 11.92g. T-H-I, griffin seated to right, raising its left foreleg, a kantharos on right. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with rough surfaces (J.M. Balcer, ‘The Early Silver Coinage of Teos’, SNR 47, 1968 -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; cf. Peus 396, 5 November 2008, lot 368). Lightly toned, about extremely fine and extremely rare, very few known specimens. $ 7,500 Purchased from Spink & Son Ltd., London, 5 February 1984
IONIAN ISLANDS An Extremely Rare Electrum Stater of Chios From The Vourla Hoard (1910), Ex Jameson Collection 527 Ionian Islands, Chios (c.525-500 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 14.02g. Sphinx, with curved wing, seated facing to right. Rev. Incuse square, with a deep and uneven surface (Jameson 1519 (this coin); Baldwin, ‘The Electrum and Silver Coinage of Chios’, AJN 48, 1914, 2b, pl. I (this coin); R. Jameson, ‘Trouvaille de Vourla’, RN 1911, pl. I, 1 (this coin); BMC 31, pl. I, 19; Mavrogordato pl. I, 4; Boston 1809). Very fine, exceedingly rare and important. $ 12,500 This coin published in ‘Trouvaille de Vourla’, R. Jameson, Revue Numismatique, 1911, p. 60, 1, illustrated on pl. I; and in ‘The Electrum and Silver Coins of Chios’, A. Baldwin, AJN 48 (1914), p. 13, 2b, illustrated on pl. I; and in ‘Collection R. Jameson, Monnaies Grècques Antiques’ (Paris, 1913-1932), 1519. Ex Vourla Hoard (1910) Ex Jameson Collection, 1519 Ex Hess - Leu, Auction 7, Lucerne, 16 April 1957, lot 272 Ex Collection of Ancient Greek Gold and Silver Coins formed by a Foreign Amateur, Glendining & Co., London, 13 December 1963, lot 324
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Page 5 and 6: A Gold Stater of Ephesos 505 Ionia,
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Page 9 and 10: An Exceptional Tetradrachm of Lebed
Page 11 and 12: 517 Ionia, Miletos (c.350-334 B.C.)
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Page 17 and 18: A Unique Tetradrachm of Samos From
Page 19 and 20: The Unique Tetradrachm of Halikarna
Page 21 and 22: 536 Caria, Kaunos (c.410-390 B.C.),
Page 23 and 24: 541 Caria, Knidos (c.395-380 B.C.),
Page 25 and 26: An Exceptional Tetradrachm of Hidri
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Page 29 and 30: A Very Attractive Stater of Karpath

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