IONIAN LEAGUE. Antoninus Pius. 138-161 AD. Æ 42mm  (53.69 gm). AV 
      KAI T[I] A[I] A­PI[AN]OC ANTWNEINOC EV, laureate, draped and cuirassed 
      bust right / KOINON IG POLEWN PROM [KL FRON]TWN ACIAR[C] KAI ARCI IG 
      PO-[L-EWN], Hades in galloping quadriga right, carrying Persephone; Eros 
      flying above, overturned cista mystica below horses. SNG von Aulock 7812; 
      J.U. Gillespie, "KOINON IG POLEWN: A Study of the Coinage of the Ionian 
      League," RBN CII (1956), 4 (same dies); J.U. Gillespie, "KOINON IG POLEWN: 
      Addendum," RBN CV (1959), pg. 212, fig. 1 = Lucien de Hirsch 1497 (same 
      obverse die); BMC Ionia, 1; Cornell 104 (this coin). Near VF, green 
      encrustation over dark brown patina. Extremely rare - the seventh known 
      specimen. ($6000) 

Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1723.

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