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Auction 88  8 October 2015
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Lot 443

Estimate: 15 000 CHF
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Auction 88 Part I
Greek Coins
The Achaemenid Kings of Persia, uncertain Satrap, 359 – 338

Tetradrachm, Western Asia Minor circa 340, AR 14.36 g. The Great King in kneeling-running stance r., holding spear and bow; behind, Aramaic letter mem (?). Rev. Relief map of the hinterland of Ephesus. Babelon, Perses pl. IX, 18 var. L. Mildenberg, Studies Price pl. 61, 81 var. Hurter, Studies Price p. 151. Johnston, JHS 87, 1967, pl. 11, 32 var.
Very rare. An attractive specimen of this intriguing issue.
Superb old cabinet tone and extremely fine

Privately purchased from H. Kreindler in 1998.



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