Greek Silver & Bronze
Lot 2155 Greek Silver & Bronze
Estimate $600
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IONIA, Ephesus, (390-330 B.C.), silver tetradrachm, (14.98 grams), obv. bee with straight wings dividing E - **F, rev. forepart of kneeling stag to right, looking back, palm tree behind, to right magistrate's name **PURILAM.. (Pyrilamos?), (cf.S.4371, Head p.35 [not noted for this Magistrate). Slightly off centred on the obverse otherwise nearly very fine/good very fine, and an unpublished Magistrate.
The issue with curved wings is much rarer than the straight wing issue, BMC attributes this straight wing type as later than the curved wing and places a date of post 387 B.C. Ephesus used the Rhodian standard (about 15.3 grams for the tetradrachm), during the fourth century B.C.
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