Experts in Coins & Medals

CYPRUS. Salamis. Phausis, Circa 480-460 BC. Stater (Silver, 22.5 mm, 11.13 g, 5 h). pa-u / si-o-se (in Cypriot syllabic script) Ram recumbent to left. Rev. se-si-le-o (in Cypriot syllabic script) Pearled ankh encircling pa (in Cypriot syllabic script); all within an incuse square. BMC 29 = Kagan & McGregor, Phausis, p.4, 3 = McGregor Group F.II.a, 277 (O3/R5), all from the same dies. Zapiti & Michaelidou -. Tziambazis -. Very rare and unusually complete. Reverse struck from a worn die, otherwise, very fine.

SICILY. Naxos. Circa 460 BC. Drachm (Silver, 19 mm, 4.05 g, 5 h). Bearded head of Dionysos to right, wearing ivy wreath. Rev. N-A-XI-ON Nude Silenos squatting facing, head to left, drinking from kantharos held with his right hand and resting his left hand on his left knee. Cahn 55 (V40/R46). HGC 2, 990. Rizzo pl. XXVIII, 13. Jameson 674. SNG Lockett 841 = Pozzi 508. HGC 2, 990 (all from same dies). Toned. Heavily tooled and smoothed, with significant alterations in Dionysos's beard, and Silenos's hair; minor areas of metal loss, otherwise, very fine.