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IONIA. Phocaea. Ca. 477-388 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.54 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Io left, hair bound with taenia, horn above temple; seal left below neck truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 96. SNG von Aulock 1710.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction VIII (28 September 2014), lot 531
The nymph Io is depicted with a horn because she was transformed into a heifer by Zeus in an attempt to conceal her from Hera when she came to investigate his infidelity. The ruse failed and Hera decreed she was to be tied to a tree in the cult site Heraion and guarded by Argos Panoptes, to keep her and Zeus separated. Zeus ordered Hermes to kill Argos, after which Hera cursed Io to wander the land while tormented by a gadfly that constantly stung her. She eventually fled to Egypt where Zeus restored her.
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IONIA. Phocaea. Ca. 477-388 BC. EL sixth-stater or hecte (10mm, 2.54 gm). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 4/5. Head of Io left, hair bound with taenia, horn above temple; seal left below neck truncation / Quadripartite incuse square. Bodenstedt 96. SNG von Aulock 1710.
From the Historical Scholar Collection. Ex Roma Numismatics, Auction VIII (28 September 2014), lot 531
The nymph Io is depicted with a horn because she was transformed into a heifer by Zeus in an attempt to conceal her from Hera when she came to investigate his infidelity. The ruse failed and Hera decreed she was to be tied to a tree in the cult site Heraion and guarded by Argos Panoptes, to keep her and Zeus separated. Zeus ordered Hermes to kill Argos, after which Hera cursed Io to wander the land while tormented by a gadfly that constantly stung her. She eventually fled to Egypt where Zeus restored her.
https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-phocaea-ca-477-388-bc-el-sixth-stater-or-hecte-10mm-254-gm-ngc-choice-xf-5-5-4-5/a/61288-95051.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-61288-09182022
HID02906262019
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