TYPE Ancient Greece, Eion (Macedon), ca. 480 BC, silver (diobol?), 1.00g DESCRIPTION . Obv: Goose standing to right, looking back; pellet above Rev: Irregular quadripartite incuse square REFERENCE: SG 1295, Del 1081, Gro 3084, ANS 272 GRADING: AVF, toned, minor porosity, rare ORDER INFO: G2881, $85 An interesting obverse design with an animal generally rarely seen on coins. The altogether rare coinage of Eion all belongs to this era and features geese in some form. A north Aegean port at the mouth of the river Strymon (Struma), Eion gave importance to the more famous upstream neighbor Amphipolis. It was in the defense of these towns during the Peloponnesian wars that Thucydides' career as an Athenian general came to an end (and began that of a more famous historian). This nicely styled issue comes probably right after the time when the town was occupied by the Persians, used as a springboard for invading Athens.