189, Lot: 14. Estimate $100. Sold for $140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Assos(?). 5th century BC. AR Tetartemorion (6mm, 0.19 g, 6h). Griffin seated right / Head of roaring lion right, within incuse square. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -. VF, porous. Rare.
The attribution of this coin to Assos is based on similarity of types with the obol struck during the same period.