Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 760. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $435. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Lampsakos. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Diobol(?) (1.28 g). Forepart of Pegasos left, displaying both wings / Quadripartite incuse square of swastika pattern. Cf. SNG France 1118-9. VF, toned, porous, traces of find patina. Apparently unpublished.

Issues with a Pegasos forepart and incuse are commonly known at a variety of mints. Argilos in Macedon is one possibility, but all of the known issues only display a single wing on Pegasos. Another, whose incuse style is most similar to this issue, is Corinth. However, these always include the city’s koppa on the obverse, and this coin, which has ample space on its flan, clearly does not. Lampsakos remains the final possibility, and is the most likely. Although the style of the incuse is not typical for the city, the style of Pegasos is most similar, with both wings visible, and the head lowered towards its forelegs.