Ilion (BC 300-200) Tetrobol

ca 3rd century BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.63g, 12h). Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet / Archaic cult statue of Athena standing left, holding filleted spear and distaff; rose to lower left. VF, darkly toned, light porosity. Extremely rare, four previously known: Jameson, two in CoinArchives, and one in the ANS (no. 1951.191.20).

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Filename:	195.jpg
City/Mint name:	Ilion
References:	Jameson 2229 (same dies); G. Hirsch 258, lot 2208; Gorny & Mosch 108, lot 1234; cf. Pecunem 22, lot 83 (diobol)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 99 (5/2015), lot 195 [$2,200 + comm.] - sold as Assos, Troas
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