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Lot
# 183 - Auction is closed.Estimate: US$4000
/ Price Realized: US$15000
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Arcadia, Stymphalus. Stater
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Arcadia, Stymphalus. c. 350 BC. Stater, 11.85gg. (12h). Obv: Laureate head of Artemis right, hair tied in knot at top of head, wearing pearl necklace and earring comprised of rosette, crescent, and five pendants. Rx: [ΣΤΥΜ]ΦΑΛΙΩΝ Heracles striding left, nude but for lionskin wrapped around his left arm, club in his right hand raised above his head; between his legs magistrate's initials TY. Cf. BCD 1704-5. Cf. Boston 1269. Cf. Kraay-Hirmer 514. Cf. Kraay 320. (All with ΣO on reverse rather than TY). This coin is extremely rare with probably less than ten tetradrachms recorded, mostly in this grade or slightly better. VF.
Ex New York Sale II, 2 December 1999, lot 91. Ex Burgan Mail Bid 16, Paris, 1983, lot 214. Ex Hess-Leu 45, 12-13 May 1970, lot 207 (described as "ausserst selten" = "extremely rare"; hammer price 7250 CH).
Extremely rare issue; apparently unique with this magistrate.
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