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UNCERTAIN. 4th-1st centuries BC. AV (16mm, 0.75 g). Imitating Ephesos type. Bee; E-Φ flanking / Incuse of obverse. Cf. CNG 75, lot 376. Trace deposits, a few hairlines. EF.
From the Kalevala Collection. Ex Heritage (17 February 2021), lot 63115.
A variety of thin, uniface disks of this nature are known that have a single obverse type that imitates a known coin type (see, e.g., CNG 75, lot 376,with the obverse of coins of Ephesos [as here]; CNG 55, lot 359, [the reverse type of New Style Tetradrachms of Athens]; and CNG 55, lot 1866, [the reverse type of Sikyon staters]). Numerous coin issues could have influenced the type chosen here; among the most popular are facing heads of a satyr or Silenos. All of these pseudo-coins have no sign of attachment, are too thin for normal use, and are often found in burial sites. In ancient times, it was customary to place coins with the dead during burial so that the deceased could pay the boatman Charon to ferry them across the river Styx. These uniface tokens probably also served this same purpose.
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