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531 Ionian Islands, Samos (c.200 B.C.), Silver Tetrobol, 2.74g, . Lion’s mask facing. Rev. ΣAMIΩN, forepart of a bull to right, an ear of barley on right, a krater and a monogram below (Barron, p. 224, 21a, pl. XXIX (this coin); BMC 180-183; SNG Copenhagen 1713). Some light old scratches on reverse beneath an old cabinet tone, good very fine. $ 600 This coin published in ‘The Silver Coins of Samos’, J. Barron (1966), p. 224, 21a, illustrated on pl. XXIX. Ex R. Ratto, Auction 14, Lugano, 8 February 1928, lot 668 Purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London, 20 June 1983 CARIA 532 Caria, Alabanda (c.167/6 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 16.90g, . Head of Apollo facing to right, wearing a laurel-wreath. Rev. AΛABANΔEΩN, Pegasos to right, with its wings spread and its forelegs lifting off the ground, A below (SNG von Aulock 8050; SNG Keckman 5; Waggoner 10-12). Excellent late Hellenistic style, broad flan, iridescent tone, about extremely fine. $ 5,000 Ex Spink & Son Numismatics Ltd, Zurich, 6 October 1986, lot 308
The Unique Tetradrachm of Halikarnassos Published in 1966 From The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection 533 Caria, Halikarnassos (c.375 B.C.), Silver Tetradrachm, 13.98g, . Head of Apollo facing, inclined slightly to the right. Rev. AΛIKAPNAΣΣ – [EΩ]N, eagle standing facing to right, with its wings spread, a bow on right, all within a shallow incuse square (S. Hurter, ‘42 Tetradrachmen von Klazomenai’, SNR 45, 1966, p. 45, pl. VI, F = Lorber, Amphipolis, the Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold, 1990, pl. IV, fig 21 (this coin)). An incredible facing head of Apollo rendered in superb classical style, the work of a gifted artist, toned, good very fine, unique and highly important. $ 50,000 This coin published in ‘42 Tetradrachmen von Klazomenai’, S. Hurter, SNR 45 (1966), p. 45, illustrated on pl. VI; and illustrated in ‘Amphipolis, the Civic Coinage in Silver and Gold’, C. Lorber (1990), pl. IV, 21. Ex Bank Leu AG, Auction 20, 25 & 26 April 1978, lot 131 Ex Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection, Sotheby’s New York, 4 December 1990, lot 37 This exceedingly important and beautiful coin, first published in 1966, is the only known tetradrachm of Halikarnassos. During the early fourth century B.C., Halikarnassos had only produced smaller denominations and this tetradrachm is therefore highly exceptional. It was not until after the development of Halikarnassos as the capital city of the Carian satrap, Maussollos, from 367 B.C. that other large denominations were issued. The precise reason for the minting of this tetradrachm is not known. It cannot be tied in with Maussollos’s use of the city, and it was also minted after the peace between Athens and Persia in 387 B.C., which effectively handed over all the cities on the coast of Asia Minor into the power of the Persian king. The facing head of Apollo on this coin appears to be an adaptation of the facing head of Helios on the contemporary coinage of Rhodes (see lot 560 for a tetradrachm of Rhodes). The obverse has been rendered with a serene majesty, and the flan filled with the head and the flowing locks of hair.
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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 21 and 22: 536 Caria, Kaunos (c.410-390 B.C.),
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Page 25 and 26: An Exceptional Tetradrachm of Hidri
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