★ A nicely toned tetrobol from Skione ★

MACEDON. Skione. Circa 480-454/3 BC. Tetrobol (Silver, 11 mm, 2.25 g, 2 h). Bare male head (of Protesilaos?) to right. Rev. Σ-KI Archaic human eye; all within incuse square. AMNG III, 2 var. (ethnic). HGC 3.1, 672 var. (ethnic). Pozzi 761 ( same dies ). SNG ANS 708 ( same dies ). Traité I, 1635. Nicely toned and struck in high relief. Slightly porous and with a faint scratch on the obverse, otherwise, very fine.

From the collection of Prof. Dr. D. Mannsperger, Leu 14, 14 October 2023, 68 and ex Lanz 92, 5 June 1999, 206.