Ionia, Uncertain Mint, Electrum 1/12-Stater, Siren Type edge milled with chamfered rim

edge milled with chamfered rim

Toned a little unevenly with a partly ragged rim

in exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (S

annulet stops in abbreviated Latin legend +DomInE* nEo FVROREo TVOo ARGVASo mEo weight 3

02g (L&S 1

Ionia, Uncertain Mint, Electrum 1/12-Stater, Siren Type edge milled with chamfered rimIonia, Uncertain Mint (c. 600 550 B. C.), Electrum 1 12 Stater (Hemihekte). Siren standing left, with the body of a bird and a human head, wearing a cap from which extends a long curl, rev. irregular incuse square, 1. 39g. (Linzalone , cf. 1127 (Trite); cf. Naville VII, 1924, lot 1435 (Bement Collection); cf. Gemini VI, 2010, lot 159). Unpublished in the standard reference works, a fascinating issue with splendid mythological type, a little softly