350, Lot: 219. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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IONIA, Ephesos. Late 2nd-early 1st century BC. Æ (18mm, 3.79 g, 12h). Posidonios, magistrate. Bee in wreath / Stag standing right; palm tree in background, ΠΟΣΙΔΩΝΙΟ in exergue. Head p. 59 (magistrate unlisted); SNG Copenhagen 299–303 var. (magistrate); SNG Kayhan 320 var. (same); SNG von Aulock 7857 var. (same). Good VF, dark green patina. Rare, this magistrate unlisted in the standard references.
From the collection of a Southern Pathologist. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 561.