Gergis (BC 450-400) Drachm

Late 5th cent BC. AR Drachm (3.63g, 9h). Wreathed head of Sibyl Herophile facing slightly right / ΓΕΡ-ΓΙΣΙ-Ο, Sphinx standing right within incuse square. Unpublished. Near VF, toned, surfaces rough and corroded, scratches. Unique.

The earliest coins published coins of Gergis are a series dated to after 350 BC, retaining the general types used on the present coin, but without the reverse type set within an incuse (cf. Traité II 2392-2394).