Two New Types for Pordosilene

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 314. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $670. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off MYSIA, Pordosilene. Circa 400 BC. AR Hemidrachm (1.99 g, 8h). Young male head right, wearing tainia / Panther standing right within incuse square. SNG France -; SNG München -; SNG von Aulock -; BMC -. VF, porous. Unpublished, apparently unique.

While the type is unpublished, cf. BMC Troas, p. 219, 1, for a drachm of Pordosilene with the same obverse type.