Numismatica Ars Classica
Auction 124 23 Jun 2021
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Tenos (?).
Hemidrachm circa 520-500, AR 2.43 g. Bunch of grapes. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with rough surfaces. Boston, MFA 1295. Ward 581 (this coin). Artemis-Gyselen class 2. Sheedy p. 73 and pl. 20, 10 (this coin, Tenos?).
In exceptional condition for the issue. Unusually well struck on a large flan
and with a delightful old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Ex Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art and John Ward 488; Leu 48, 1989, 204; Leu 81, 2001, 230 and Nomos 3, 2011, 106. From the Ward and Spina collections.
Hemidrachm circa 520-500, AR 2.43 g. Bunch of grapes. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square with rough surfaces. Boston, MFA 1295. Ward 581 (this coin). Artemis-Gyselen class 2. Sheedy p. 73 and pl. 20, 10 (this coin, Tenos?).
In exceptional condition for the issue. Unusually well struck on a large flan
and with a delightful old cabinet tone. Extremely fine
Ex Sotheby's Zurich, 4 April 1973, Metropolitan Museum of Art and John Ward 488; Leu 48, 1989, 204; Leu 81, 2001, 230 and Nomos 3, 2011, 106. From the Ward and Spina collections.