TYPE Ancient Greece, uncertain of early Ionia or Caria, ca. 480-450 BC, silver hemiobol (Milesian standard), 0.35g
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Head of roaring lion r.
Rev: Hook? ("monoskeles" design) in round incuse
REFERENCE: Kay 744
GRADING: VG / VF, toned, rare
ORDER INFO: G2289, $110
A rare type of puzzling reverse design that is unique to this type. Apparently the only other published specimen is the stated one in the Kayhan collection catalog, acquired locally in western Turkey in 2001, though that catalog also references Hauck and Aufhauser 14 (1998), 84.