EPHESUS SILVER TETRADRACHM – RARELY SEEN ISSUE OF MAGISTRATE SIMALION – CHOICE VF NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 20120)

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20120. IONIA. EPHESUS. Ca. 394–325 BC.
Silver Tetradrachm, 15.15 g, 23 mm. Issue of magistrate Simalion, ca. 370–360 BC.
Obv. E–Φ, bee seen from above. Rev. Forepart of stag right, head reverted, palm tree at left, ΣIMAΛIΩN (magistrate) in right field.
Kinns, “Pixodarus Hoard,” in Coin Hoards IX (2002), Class D, p. 202.
NGC graded CHOICE VF, Strike 4/5, Surface 3/5, “light marks.” Simalion is a rarely encountered magistrate with five other specimens in market records and six pieces cited by Kinns.