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E-Sale 81  25 Feb 2021
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Lot 349

Estimate: 125 GBP
Price realized: 170 GBP
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Ionia, Ephesos Æ Tessera. Circa 1st century AD. Stag lying to left, head to right, Ε-Φ across fields, CΚѠΠΙ in exergue / ΚΗΡΙΛΙΣ ѠΔΕ ΠΡΟΣ ΠΑΛΥΡΙΝ, bee. SNG Copenhagen 355; BMC 186; SNG von Aulock 1875. 5.85g, 20mm, 12h.

Extremely Fine; a superb example.

Acquired from Papillon Numismatic.

During the Hellenistic period and throughout the 1st century AD, a series of tesserae were made at the cult centre of Ephesos. The legend remains an enigma and its meaning is uncertain.
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