Experts in Coins & Medals

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 500-480 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 11 mm, 1.94 g, 9 h). Head of a bird (a heron?) with open bill to left; below bill, silphium fruit. Rev. Facing head of a lioness within incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. BMC, p. xxvii, 40a and pl. V, 11 (for the reverse only). SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare, and with an endearing bird on the obverse. Toned. Granular surfaces, otherwise, very fine.

ITALY. Venezia (Venice). Giovanni Cornaro, 1709-1722. Zecchino (Gold, 21 mm, 3.35 g, 12 h), 111th Doge. IOAN✶ CORNEL• - S• M• VENETI• / DVX Doge kneeling to left, grasping long, cross-tipped scepter handed to him by St. Mark, standing right before him. Rev. SIT• T• XPE• DAT•Q•TV - REGIS• ISTE• DVCA Christ standing facing in mandorla with sixteen stars. Friedberg 1372. Paolucci 13. Some minor marks and scuffs, otherwise, nearly very fine.