★ Rare Mantineia Obol ★

ARKADIA. Mantineia . Circa 470/65-450 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 9 mm, 0.51 g, 6 h). Bearded male head to left. Rev. Youthful male head (Hermes?) wearing petasos to right. Unpublished. Cf. BCD Peloponnesos 1469 and Obolos 5, 26 June 2016, 274. A clear example of a very rare type: less then half a dozen examples are known. Struck from a worn obverse die , otherwise, about very fine.