Lot 4199
Sale 139 · Important Australian, British, World, and Ancient Coins, Banknotes, and Medals
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Description
Island of Ionia, Samos, silver diobol, (499-495 B.C.), (1.11 g), obv. lion scalp facing, rev. an epigraphic head and neck of an ox to left, within incuse square, (S.-, Barron Samian standard, p.177, Nos 1-6, Pl.I, HGC 6, 1202 [R2], BMC 26, examples known in Athens, Berlin and Vienna). With hoard patination, otherwise nearly very fine and very rare.
Ex CNG Mail Bid Sale 61, September 25, 2002 (lot 2756 part).
No examples listed in Coin Archives. An early example of diobol fraction from Samos.
- Estimate
- $150
- Result Status
- Sold
- Prices Realised
- $90