Elaiousa-Sebaste (BC 40) Tetradrachm

ca 40 BC. AR Tetradrachm (16.39g). Veiled, turreted head of Tyche right, wearing pendant earring / EÎ›Î‘IÎŸÎ¥Î£Î™Î©N THÎ£ IEÎ¡AÎ£ KAI AÎ¥TONOMOÎ¥, goddess standing left, holding tiller, Î”Î™ÎŸÎš monogram above aphlaston in outer left field, IÎžI in inner left field, wreath border. Extremely rare. Very fine/extremely fine. Prieur counts only seven known tetradrachms of Elaeusa. He refers to just a single issue of these coins, but the variant controls on SNG Paris 1152 seem to point to a second.

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City/Mint name:	Elaiousa-Sebaste
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Keywords:	roman / silver
References:	Prieur 723A. Cf. SNG Paris 1152 (Î”IÎ©Î¡ monogram outer left, AN inner left)
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. 3 (1/2007), lot 213 ($1,500 + comm)
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