MACEDON, Amphipolis. Late 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.44 g, 9h).Triton XXIII – Session One – Greek Coinage Part I Greek, Silver Sold For $ 700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, Amphipolis. Late 5th-early 4th century BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.44 g, 9h). Male head right, wearing tainia / Fish (perch) diagonally downward to right; A-M-Φ-I around; all in linear square within shallow incuse square. Lorber Group I, 68 (O.o.2/R.o.2); HGC 3, 416; SNG Delepierre 879 (same dies); SNG Stockholm 876 (same dies). Deep iridescent tone, surfaces a touch granular. EF. Well centered and struck, with excellent detail. Very rare Group I obol, only seven recorded by Lorber, and this is the sole example in CoinArchives. |