Sharply struck and well centered earlier gorgon type
Lot 39
Price: 9500 CHF
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MACEDON. Neapolis. Circa 500-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 9.06 g), c. 500. Facing Gorgoneion with gnashing teeth and extended tongue. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Dewing 1063. SNG ANS 403-404. Svoronos HPM pl. 9, 31. Very sharply struck, a most attractive example with dark toning and with the earlier, narrower gorgoneion. Extremely fine.
From an American collection and that of Dr. Athanasios Ghertsos, Switzerland, ex Leu 72, 12 May 1998, 165.
