THRACE, Islands off. Samothrace. Circa 500-475 BC. AR Hemiobol (2.15 gm). 
      Sphinx seated left / Head of a roaring lion left; within dotted incuse 
      square. Schwabacher, "Ein Fund Archaischer Münzen von Samothrake," in 
      Transactions of the International Numismatic Congress, 1936, pg. 111, 9; 
      SNG Lockett 1211; Traité pl. cliv, 16 (as Chios). Attractively toned, EF, 
      choice flan. Rare. ($1000)


Triton V Sale, 16 Jan 2002, lot 1332.
 
 Lot sold for $2850, plus buyers fees.

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