Experts in Coins & Medals

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 500-480 BC. Trihemiobol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.89 g, 12 h). Silphium fruit; above, a twig or a serpent (?) to right. Rev. Facing head of a gazelle (?) within incuse square. An apparently unpublished variant of a very rare issue, cf. BMC 31 (pellet above fruit). SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare. Toned. Porous surfaces, otherwise, nearly very fine.

IONIA. Ephesos. Circa 150-140 BC. Cistophoric Tetradrachm (Silver, 32 mm, 12.56 g, 12 h). Serpent emerging to left from cista mystica within ivy wreath. Rev. EΦΕ Two serpents coiled around bow and quiver; in field to left, bee; in field to right, coiled serpent atop altar. Kleiner & Noe Series 28. SNG Copenhagen -. SNG von Aulock 7837. Toned. Marks, otherwise, about very fine.