★ Extremely Rare and Interesting Obol ★
Greek
TROAS, Kebren(?). Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.58 g).
Obv: Ram’s head left; below, tunny fish right
Rev: Quadripartite incuse square.
Unpublished in the standard references.
CNG Electronic Auction 318, lot 190
The obverse type of a ram’s head left is very similar, stylistically, to the early coinage of Kebren. Although the type is not published with a tunny fish beneath the ram’s head, which is usually indicative of Kyzikos, there are other symbols, such as a bird, that do appear on the Kebren coinage beneath the ram.