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Electronic Auction 470

Lot nuber 104

IONIA, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 290-281 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Uncertain magistrate.


Electronic Auction 470
Lot: 104.
 Estimated: $ 200

Greek, Bronze

Sold For $ 130. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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IONIA, Ephesos (as Arsinoeia). Circa 290-281 BC. Æ (17.5mm, 3.86 g, 12h). Uncertain magistrate. Veiled head of Arsinoe II right / Stag recumbent left, head right; [magistrate’s name to left], astragalos to right. Laffaille 152 (this coin); SNG Kayhan 281; cf. SNG Copenhagen 258. Dark green patina, a hint of smoothing. VF. Rare.

Ex Pierre Arnaud Collection (Hess-Divo 307, 8 June 2007), lot 1232; Maurice Laffaille Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 76, 19 September 1991), lot 470.

Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 BC and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, Arsinoe II, the daughter of Ptolemy I Soter. After the death of Lysimachos in 280 BC, Arsinoë married her half brother Ptolemy Keraunos and later her full brother Ptolemy II Philadelphos. She became the first Ptolemaic ruler to enter the Egyptian temples as "temple-sharing goddess," and was revered by the later Ptolemies.

Closing Date and Time: 17 June 2020 at 10:34:20 ET.

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