EPHESUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – BEE AND STAG ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE ARTEMON – CHOICE XF NGC GRADED GREEK IONIAN COIN (Inv. 19961)

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19961. IONIA. EPHESUS. Ca. 394–325 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 15.25 g, 23 mm. Issue of magistrate Artemon, ca. 370–350 BC.
Obv. E–Φ, bee seen from above. Rev. Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree at left, APTEMΩN (magistrate) in right field.
Kinns, “Pixodarus Hoard,” in Coin Hoards IX (2002), Class G, p. 204.
NGC graded CHOICE XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, Artemon is a rarely encountered magistrate with four other specimens in market records and three pieces cited by Kinns.