Lot 1255
Ancient Greece. Lot of Four Silver Fractionals, c. 520-317 BC. Nice fractionals. Earliest is, Ionia, Teos, c. 520-478 BC., Tetartemorion: Griffin head right / Quadripartite incuse (Rosen ACNAC 5, nos. 603, 604). Plus two hemiobols from the Rosen Collection: Ionia, Samos, c. 440-380 BC.: Bull forepart, three quarters left / Two confronted bull foreparts; and Mysia, Cyzicus, c. 480-400 BC.: Forepart of boar left / Roaring lionhead left (BMC p. 35, 120). Last, a drachm of Macedon, Philip III, 323-317 BC: Head of Herakles right, in lionskin / Zeus enthroned left, tripod at left, star beneath throne. Cyzicus metal lightly granular, rest slight to no porosity. All with pleasant toning. Coins average Very Fine, plus or minus.
Estimated Value $175-UP.
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