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<p>[QUOTE="savitale, post: 7826663, member: 95284"]They really bring down the price!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>IONIA. Ephesus. Ca. 4th century BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 14.98 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, edge filing, marks.</b> Ippocritus, magistrate. E-Φ, bee with straight wings seen from above / Forepart of stag kneeling right, head reverted; palm tree behind, IΠΠOKPITOΣ to right. BMC 47. Attractive deep cabinet toning.</p><p><br /></p><p><i>Sold at Heritage on January 22, 2021 for $3,360. Coin has some nice eye appeal but the designators (Surface 2/5, Edge Filing) knocked it down.</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1344854[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1344855[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><br /></p><p>Solution? Crack it out, omit the Heritage Sale from the description, and list it at CNG for $12,500!</p><p><br /></p><p><b>IONIA, Ephesos. </b>Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.97 g, 12h). Hippokritos (I), magistrate. Struck circa 360-350 BC. Bee with straight wings; E-Φ flanking / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, ΙΠΠΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ downward to right. Pixodarus Class F, obv. die O96; BMC 47; Jameson 2266 (<i>this coin</i>). Old cabinet tone, minor porosity, a few marks. Good VF. Well struck. <i>Ex Golden Horn Collection (Stack's, 12 January 2009), lot 2181; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part I, Leu/Munzen und Medallien, 3 December 1965), lot 259; Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1932).</i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p><i>[ATTACH=full]1344856[/ATTACH] </i></p><p><br /></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="savitale, post: 7826663, member: 95284"]They really bring down the price! [B]IONIA. Ephesus. Ca. 4th century BC. AR tetradrachm (23mm, 14.98 gm, 12h). NGC Choice XF 5/5 - 2/5, edge filing, marks.[/B] Ippocritus, magistrate. E-Φ, bee with straight wings seen from above / Forepart of stag kneeling right, head reverted; palm tree behind, IΠΠOKPITOΣ to right. BMC 47. Attractive deep cabinet toning. [I]Sold at Heritage on January 22, 2021 for $3,360. Coin has some nice eye appeal but the designators (Surface 2/5, Edge Filing) knocked it down. [ATTACH=full]1344854[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1344855[/ATTACH] [/I] Solution? Crack it out, omit the Heritage Sale from the description, and list it at CNG for $12,500! [B]IONIA, Ephesos. [/B]Circa 390-325 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.97 g, 12h). Hippokritos (I), magistrate. Struck circa 360-350 BC. Bee with straight wings; E-Φ flanking / Forepart of stag right, head left; palm tree to left, ΙΠΠΟΚΡΙΤΟΣ downward to right. Pixodarus Class F, obv. die O96; BMC 47; Jameson 2266 ([I]this coin[/I]). Old cabinet tone, minor porosity, a few marks. Good VF. Well struck. [I]Ex Golden Horn Collection (Stack's, 12 January 2009), lot 2181; Walter Niggeler Collection (Part I, Leu/Munzen und Medallien, 3 December 1965), lot 259; Robert Jameson Collection (publ. 1932). [ATTACH=full]1344856[/ATTACH] [/I] [I][/I][/QUOTE]
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