★ Extremely rare, only the first and best example known of this denomination! ★

Ionia, Leukai. Circa 350-300 BC. AR Drachme, 3.27 g. - 16.61 mm. Metrodoros, magistrate.
Obv.: Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly left, the outline of the face itself is heavily marked; the lips are straight and firm, the eyes deep set, hair flowing at sides of face.
Rev.: ΛE[OK]AEΩN / MHTPOΔΩPO[Σ]. Kithara with seven strings.
Ref.: Apparently unpublished in the standard references.; Cf. Solidus Numismatik, Auction 62 (2020), lot 104 (450€).
Extremely rare, only the first and best example known of this denomination.
gVF.
There was a Klazomenian treasury at Delphi, and Klazomenai consulted the oracle there in 383 about their dispute with Kyme over the city of Leukai. Both cities wished to gain control of Leukai and its cult centre of Apollo, and thus the oracle responded that the city that first managed to make a sacrifice at Leukai on a specified date should be the winner of the dispute. Since it was stipulated that representatives from the two cities should depart at dawn on the day specified for the sacrifice, the Klazomenians founded a colony close to Leukai and thus won the contest. The appearance of the name Metrodoros on contemporary Klazomenai hemidrachm indicates he held the office of magistrate in Leukai.

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