Experts in Coins & Medals

PAMPHYLIA. Side. Circa 460-430 BC. Stater (Silver, 25 mm, 10.83 g, 12 h). Pomegranate; on the upper right, forepart of a lion to left; all within a cable border. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing a crested Corinthian helmet decorated with a tendril at the bowl, and a necklace; all within an incuse square. Atlan 24 (O22/A22). BMC 8. SNG Paris 626. Of exceptionally fine Classical style (for Side). Obverse slightly doublestruck, otherwise, extremely fine.

KYRENAIKA. Kyrene. Circa 490-475 BC. Hemidrachm (Silver, 11 mm, 1.97 g, 6 h), Attic standard. Silphium fruit with pellet above and below. Rev. Silphium fruit with a pellet above; all within incuse square. BMC 22a. Buttrey, Coins, Period I, 80. SNG Copenhagen -. Scarce variety with the silphion diagonally placed on the reverse. Minor die break on the reverse, otherwise, good very fine.