Arcadia, Stymphalus. Stater.
c. 350 BC. Stater, 11.85g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, hair tied in knot at top of head, wearing pearl necklace and earring comprised of rosette, crescent, and five pendants. Rx: [ΣΤΥΜ]ΦΑΛΙΩΝ Heracles striding left, nude but for lionskin wrapped around his left arm, club in his right hand raised above his head; between his legs magistrate's initials TY. Cf. BCD 1704-5. Cf. Boston 1269. Cf. Kraay-Hirmer 514. Cf. Kraay 320. (All with ΣO on reverse rather than TY). Ex New York Sale II, 2 December 1999, lot 91. Ex Burgan Mail Bid 16, Paris, 1983, lot 214. Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12-13 May 1970, lot 207 (described as "äusserst selten" = "extremely rare"; hammer price 7250 CH). Extremely rare issue; apparently unique with this magistrate. This coin is extremely rare with probably less than ten tetradrachms recorded, mostly in this grade or slightly better. VF.