165, Lot: 25. Estimate $200. Sold for $295. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off TROAS, Tenedos. Circa 550-470 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.82 g). Archaic janiform head, male on left, female on right (Zeus and Hera?) / Double axe within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen 506. VF, some porosity. Scarce.

Unusual legend format, with the ethnic starting at 3:00 and running counter-clockwise to end at the same position beneath the axe.