406, Lot: 143. Estimate $150. Sold for $110. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MACEDON, Stagira(?). Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Hemiobol or Tritartemorion (6mm, 0.35 g). Forepart of boar left / Rough incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces.

From the Belgica Collection, from T. Lederling, New York, 2002.

A boar forepart is a common type on early silver coinage not only at Stagira, but also at various other cities, such as Kyzikos, and various Lycian dynastic issues. However, the style of the boar here is quite different from all of these, and the fabric of the coin suggests a mint in the Thraco-Macedonian region.