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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ed Snible, post: 2945040, member: 82322&quot;]Stevex6&#039;s is listed for less than it sold for in CNG e-auction 329, June 2014, lot 45.&nbsp; In my opinion it is the second best Ibiza Bes in CNG&#039;s online archives.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you don&#039;t own one of these you might not realize how difficult it is to get one that looks like anything.&nbsp; When I was a new collector I foolishly looked at cool example in Sear&#039;s book on Greek coins and sent in a bid for an unpictured lot thinking I would acquire something special and cool.&nbsp; I received a coin that was very difficult to love:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]717896[/ATTACH]</p><p>Balearic Islands off Spain, Ebusus / Ibiza. Octavo (eight unit), AE9x12, 0.87g</p><p>Obv: Bull grazing r</p><p>Rev: Kabeiros (Bes?) facing, crowned, holding hammer.</p><p>cf. Jesús Vico, auction 145, June 2016, lot 39; cf SNG Munich 339</p><p>ex-Alex G Malloy, auction LXIII, November 2001, lot 11.</p><p><br /></p><p>It turns out that I bought a very rare coin.&nbsp; And I got mine cheaply.&nbsp; Yet even the rarity and bargain price does not redeem this coin to me. I can&#039;t show it to anyone.&nbsp; Even other ancient coin collectors cannot tell what is depicted or what it is supposed to be.&nbsp; If you are looking for Ebusus, do yourself a favor and get a nice one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Bes was the protector of households, mothers and children, and childbirth.&nbsp; Yet Stevex6&#039;s coin depicts him holding a hammer and a snake!&nbsp; The perfect gift for punk-rock midwives.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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