TYPE Ancient Greece, Kolophon (Ionia), 480-440 BC, silver hemiobol DESCRIPTION . Obv: Laureate head of Apollo facing Rev: Monogram ('HM') within incuse square REFERENCE: SG 4342 GRADING: VF+ / VF, dark toning, slightly porous, scarce ORDER INFO: G1929, $78 Miniature, but rare and attractive representation of a facing Apollo, from one of the few claimed birthplaces of the famous Homer. Remarkable as a rare series with denominations marked explicitly - here EM for hemiobol (half obol), along with other types (of the same obverse design) with TE for tetartemorion (quarter obol; see our lots G3302-3) and TR for tritemorion (third obol).