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299, Lot: 182. Estimate $100.
Sold for $280. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Holmoi. Circa 380-375 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.49 g, 7h). Helmeted head of Athena right / OΛMITAN, wreathed head of Apollo right. Göktürk 11 var. (legend); SNG France 121 var. (same); SNG Levante 34 var. (same). VF, toned, minor porosity. Extremely rare variety.


From the Kelly J. Krizan, M.D. Collection.

Typically, the ethnic found on the coins of Holmoi, if not truncated, are in the form OΛMITIKON, OΛMVTIKON, or OΛMITON. The form on this coin, ending -AN, is possibly the result of an engraver accustomed to the Aeolic dialect, rather than the standard Attic. Apart from this specimen and another from the same reverse die that appeared in CNG 70, lot 318, there are apparently no recorded coins with this variation of the ethnic.