GAUL, Massalia. 490/485-470 BC. Hemiobol (Silver, 8 mm, 0.57 g), Milesian standard, 'Auriol'. Forepart of a boar to right. Rev. Irregular incuse square. Furtwängler V 28 ( this coin ). Maurel 64. Pozzi 8 ( this coin ). Rare. Well-struck and beautifully toned. nearly extremely fine.

From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions and those of Virgil Brand and S. Pozzi, Naville I, 4 April 1921, 8 (bought by Brand for 22 CHF).

The creature on the obverse of this hemiobol is meant to be the forepart of a boar, but it looks remarkably like a curious beetle! Perhaps the die cutter was Gaulish and had his own ideas?