Arkadia, Stymphalos AR Obol. Circa 350 BC. Head of Herakles to right, wearing lion skin headdress / Head of water bird to right; ΣΤΥΜΦΑΛΙΩΝ (retrograde) around. BCD Peloponnesos I 1697-8; Warren, Kato 83 (this coin) = Traeger 603 (this coin); HGC 5, 1028 (R1). 0.78g, 11mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine; attractive iridescent tone. Very Rare.
This coin published in B. Traeger, Arkadien, die Münzstätten und Münzen von der archaischen bis zur hellenistischen Epoche (Bremen, 2021);
This coin published in J. Warren, The 1980 Kato Klitoria Hoard in Kraay-Mørkholm Essays, Numismatic Studies in Memory of C.M. Kraay and O. Mørkholm. (Louvain-la-Neuve, 1989);
From the Dr. Burkhard Traeger Collection;
Ex Gerhard Hirsch Nachfolger, Auction 256, 5 May 2008, lot 136;
Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale);
Ex Kato Klitoria Hoard, 1980.
Price realized | 2'000 GBP |
Starting price | 900 GBP |
Estimate | 1'500 GBP |