CILICIA. Uncertain Mint. c. 4th century BC
CILICIA. Uncertain Mint. c. 4th century BC
$1,550.00
AR Hemiobol, 0.42g (7mm, 3h). Two female heads, left and right, their faces overlapping / Crowned head (of Artaxerxes III?) left; retrograde KTE to left.
References: Winzer 3.5 = Brindley 470 = Künker 304, lot 602; CNG 111, lot 298; CNG E-429, lot 183; Künker 182, lot 330; otherwise unpublished in the standard references
Grade: Light porosity, scratch on obverse. VF. Extremely rare.
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This remarkably tiny coin at 0.42g has the fascinating imagery of two female heads with their faces overlapping. This coin was struck somewhere in the geographical area of Cilicia, now modern day Turkey in southern Anatolia). The reverse shows a crown head, possibly Artaxerxes III, making a link to the Achaemenid Empire.