★ lovely archaic smile ★

Macedon, Akanthos. Circa 390 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.30 g.). Laureate head of Apollo. Rev. ΑΚΑΝΘΙΟΝ, lyre in incuse square. SNG ANS 52; SNG Ashmolean 2222. Good VF. The later coins of Akanthos are much less frequently encountered than the earlier lions and bulls.The smile of the portraits has been carried over from the archaic period and infiltrated into the classical period in a more vivid way. Scarce.