Ex Jameson and 1911 Vourla Hoard

Triton XIX, Lot: 207. Estimate $20000. Sold for $22000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Klazomenai. Circa 499-494 BC. AR Drachm (16.5mm, 6.70 g). Forepart of winged boar right / Quadripartite incuse square. SNG von Aulock 1981–2; SNG Copenhagen 1–2; Asyut 615; Gulbenkian 733; Jameson 1491 = R. Jameson, “Trouvaille de Vourla. Monnaies grecques des VIe et Ve siècles” in RN 1911, 35 = D. Schwarz and L. Mildenberg, Aus einer Sammlung griechischer Münzen (Zürich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1961), 23 (this coin); Kraay & Hirmer 607; Rosen 563. Choice EF, attractive old collection tone. Well centered, with wonderful surfaces.

Ex Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 150; 1911 Vourla Hoard (IGCH 1167).

A member city of the Ionian Dodekapolis, Klazomenai was one of the first Ionian cities to issue silver coins. It was the birthplace of the philosopher Anaxagoras, who was responsible for early theories on universal order.