Asia Minor, Uncertain. Circa 500 BC. AR, Silver Hemiobol. 

60 USD  
Mon, 16 Jul, 2001
Seller  CNG

Asia Minor. Uncertain. Circa 500 BC. AR Hemiobol(?)    
(0.26 gm). Lion's head right / Bird (quail, bustard, or
peacock?) standing right; pellet in upper left and lower
right corners. 
SNG Berry 1046; Rosen 408. VF. Estimate
$100.

SNG Berry and Rosen place this coin in the "Uncertain Asia
Minor" category, though this coin type has also been 
attributed to Miletos in Ionia (Pfeiler, "Die Silberpragung 
von Milet im 6. Jahrhundert v. Chr.," SNR XLV
(1966), p. 13, 17 and Münzen und Medaillen Fixed Price List 
196 (1960), lot 18).

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