Second and Finest Known

CNG 102, Lot: 403. Estimate $500. Sold for $400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Autokane. 4th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7.5mm, 0.47 g). Laureate head of Zeus left / Rosette(?); AYTOK[ANA]ΩN around. Gorny & Mosch 229, lot 1323 (same dies), otherwise unpublished. Near VF, toned, rough. Extremely rare, the second, and finest, known silver coin of Autokane. No silver is listed in S&B, nor is this longer ethnic listed in Leschhorn.