| Heritage World Coin Auctions > NYINC Signature Sale 3113 | Auction date: 8 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 30045 Price realized: 9,500 USD (Approx. 8,660 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Ancients IONIA. Ephesus. Ca. 133-88 BC. AV stater (19mm, 8.42 gm, 11h). NGC Choice AU 5/5 - 4/5. First series, ca. 122/1 BC. Draped bust of Artemis right, hair drawn into knot at back of head, wearing stephane and pendant earring, bow and quiver over left shoulder / Ε-Φ, cult statue of Artemis Ephesia facing, fillet hanging from each hand, lighted torch (or thymiaterion) in inner right field between statue and fillet. Jenkins, Hellenistic, pl. B, 6 (dated 123-119 BC). Head p. 69, 4 var. (different control mark). Well-struck example with beautiful rendered details on a sunny golden flan. From the Wetmore Collection of Gold and Electrum. Ex Leu Numismatik, Auction 1 (25 October 2017), lot 81. The Hellenistic gold staters of Ephesus have been the subject of long-running debate over when they were struck. In the 1880s, the eminent Barklay V. Head assigned them to the period of the Mithradatic Wars, circa 88-86 BC, when Ephesus briefly came under the control of the Pontic King Mithradates VI Eupator. However, as more varieties were discovered over the next century, it became clear they were struck over a much longer period of time. When Attalus III died in 133 BC, in his will he bequeathed his kingdom to Rome and granted the city of Ephesus autonomy. This became the basis for the local era reflected in this coinage. A silver Ephesian cistophorus, minted by C. Atinius C.f. Labeo, Roman praetor of Asia in 122/1 BC, is dated Year 13 which helped reassign these staters with confidence. https://coins.ha.com/itm/ancients/greek/ancients-ionia-ephesus-ca-133-88-bc-av-stater-19mm-842-gm-11h-ngc-choice-au-5-5-4-5/a/3113-30045.s?type=DA-DMC-CoinArchives-WorldCoins-3113-01082024 HID02906262019 © 2023 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved Estimate: 5000-7000 USD |  |
