Experts in Coins & Medals

SICILY. Himera. Circa 530-520/15 BC. Drachm (Silver, 21 mm, 5.74 g). Rooster standing to left with right claw slightly raised; all within a border of dots. Rev. Mill sail pattern composed of four raised and four sunken triangles, all in a square linear frame inside a rayed border, and all within an incuse square. Kraay, Himera, Group IVb, 77-90 (unrecorded dies). HGC 2, 421. Toned. Nearly extremely fine.

ISLANDS OFF CARIA, Rhodos. Rhodes. Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar under Antoninus Pius, 139-161. (Bronze, 15 mm, 2.26 g, 6 h). BHP-OC Draped and bare-headed bust of Marcus Aurelius to right. Rev. POΔ-IΩN Head of Dionysos to right, wearing a wreath of ivy. BMC 420-421. RPC IV.2, ID 926. SNG Tübingen 3611. Black patina with red earthen deposits. Small edge crack, otherwise, good very fine.