The Prospero Collection - Part 12 - Baldwin's

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An Excessively Rare Electrum Stater 499 Uncertain Mint in Asia Minor (c.600-500 B.C.), Electrum Stater, 13.40g. Tortoise. Rev. Two incuse rectangles, one slightly smaller than the other, with irregular surfaces (Rosen 247). Thick flan, very fine, incredibly rare, one of only a few known examples. $ 30,000 Purchased from Athena, Munich, 27 September 1988 500 Uncertain Mint in Asia Minor (c.550 B.C.), Silver Stater, 10.45g. Head (male?) facing to right, with long hair flowing down neck. Rev. Two incuse squares, one considerably larger than the other (cf. BMC Caria, Cnidus 1; cf. Babelon, Traité pl. XVIII, 9; cf. Cahn, Knidos, pl. 19, 1 (all with a head to left); cf. Rosen 537 (Aiolis) for a similar reverse). Toned, very fine, apparently unpublished and a coin of great fascination. $ 6,000
IONIA <strong>The</strong> Earliest Appearance of Pegasos on a Coin 501 Uncertain Ionian Mint (c.620-550 B.C.), Electrum Trite, 4.75g. Pegasos, with curved wing, walking to left. Rev. Two square punches side-by-side, with irregular surfaces, one slightly larger than the other (Weidauer 148; Babelon, Traité I, pl. 2, 25; W. Greenwell, ‘On Some Rare Greek Coins’, NC 1890, p. 28, pl. 3, 17; Boston 1761). Very fine and very rare. $ 4,000 Ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XXI, Zurich, 14 & 15 November 1988, lot <strong>12</strong>4 This is the earliest appearance of Pegasos on a coin. 502 Ionia, Ephesos (c.394-387 B.C.), Silver Tridrachm, 11.20g, . Σ-Y-N, the infant Herakles, naked, kneeling to right on ground line, strangling a serpent in each hand. Rev. E-Φ / Π-E, bee, with curved wings (Hecatomnus Hoard, Ephesus (P. Kinns), Coin Hoards IX, 3a (O2/R3), pl. 6 (this coin); BMC 25, pl. IX, 6; SNG von Aulock 7821; SNG Lockett 2808; Gulbenkian 730). Very fine and very rare. $ 8,000 This coin published in Coin Hoards IX (Hecatomnus Hoard, Ephesus), p. 101, 3a, illustrated on pl. 6. From the Hecatomnus Hoard Ex Frank Sternberg, Auction XIII, Zurich, 17-18 November 1983, lot 175 Purchased from B.A. Seaby Ltd., London, 11 April 1984
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Page 11 and 12: 517 Ionia, Miletos (c.350-334 B.C.)
Page 13 and 14: 523 Ionia, Phokaia (c.500 B.C.), Si
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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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