Lot 3370

Description

Caria, uncertain mint, (early 5th century B.C.), silver tetartemorion, (0.320 grams), obv. forepart of lion facing, rev. scorpion, tail within incuse square to right, (S.-, cf.SNG Berry II 1047 [Asia Minor uncertain but probably Caria], cf.SNG Von Aulock 7803, cf.ACNAC Rosen 403, SNG Keckman 918 [Caria]); Ionia, Miletus, (c.530-510 B.C.), silver twelfth stater, (1.072 grams), obv. forepart of lion and legs to left, rev. star ornamented within incuse square, (S.3533, BMC 34); Ionia, Teos, (late 6th century B.C.), silver tetartemorion. (0.228 grams), obv. griffin head right, rev. quadripartite incuse square, (S.-, cf.Balcer 80 [p.37]). First coin eliptical, otherwise fine - very fine, the first very rare and the last rare.