Experts in Coins & Medals

ATTICA. Athens. 82/1 BC. Tetradrachm (Silver, 30 mm, 16.21 g, 12 h), New style "stephanephoric" coinage, struck under the magistrates Lysandros and Oenophelos (=lover of wine). Head of Athena Parthenos to right, wearing a triple-crested Attic helmet, adorned with Pegasos and a long tendril on the bowl, and with four serpents on the visor. Rev. Α-ΘΕ / ΛΥ-ΣΑΝ/ ΟΙΝΟ/ΦΙ/ΛΟΣ Owl standing facing on amphora; to right, the chief magistrate's symbol of a poppy flanked by two ears of barley; on amphora, K (= 11th month); in the lower field to left of the owl, EP (= contractor's initials); all within an olive wreath. BMC 443 var. (month). HGC 4, 1602. Svoronos pl. 73,18 var. (month. Thompson 1182 (same obverse die). Very rare issue from Thompson's last period. Good very fine.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. late 6th-early 5th century Bc. Obol (Silver, 7.5 mm, 0.61 g). Quadruped (possibly a griffin or a goat) standing to right, with a triangular-shaped object on his back, behind his neck, and something else on his back above his rump. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Apparently unpublished, but struck from the same dies as Heritage 61356, January 2024, 25009 and Leu (WH) e32, December 2024, 665. Very rare; toned. Very fine.