EPHESUS SILVER DRACHM – ISSUE OF METRODOROS – SUPERB CHOICE AU NGC GRADED GREEK IONIA COIN (Inv. 21384)

$3,550.00

21384. IONIA. EPHESUS. Ca. 2nd CENTURY BC.
Silver Drachm, 4.18 g, 19 mm. Issue of magistrate Metrodoros.
Obv. E–Φ, bee seen from above. Rev. Stag standing right, palm tree behind, [MH]TPΟΔΟΡΟΣ (magistrate) in right field.
Kinns, “The Attic Weight Drachms of Ephesus: A Preliminary Study in the Light of Recent Hoards,” Numismatic Chronicle 159 (1999), p. 89, obverse die 19.
NGC CHOICE AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, “brushed,” a spectacular specimen.