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Lot 57. Ephesos as Arsinoeia AE, stag reverse, ex PA and Laffaille collections

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Ephesos as Arsinoeia AE, stag reverse, ex PA and Laffaille collections

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Bidding closed (Sunday, February 19th, 19:28:30 CET)
Current time: Sunday, November 24th, 04:40:00 CET

Price realised: CHF 160.00 (5 bids)
Approx. EUR 171.87 / USD 179.06 / GBP 142.91

High bidder: Bidder 1

eAuction #3, Lot 57. Estimate: CHF 100.00

Ephesos, as Arsinoeia, Ionia. AE (18 mm, 3.84 g), c. 290-281 BC.
Obv. Veiled head of Arsinoe II right.
Rev. Stag kneeling left, looking back, astragalos to right; AΡ-ΣI and magistrate name in fields.
SNG Aulock 1840

Rare. Green patina. Very fine.

From the Laffaille and PA collection; ex Münzen & Medaillen AG 76 (1991), 470 and ex Hess-Divo AG 307 (2007), 1232.

Lysimachos made himself master of Ephesos in 295 and shortly thereafter changed the city's name to Arsinoeia in honor of his wife, the daughter of Ptolemy I.



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