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. |
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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 Unpublished, apparently unique.
While the type is unpublished, cf.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.