Greetings Everyone,
Although this is not a
Forum Purchase o’
Today this wonderful little
gem purchased a while ago from Joe should qualify as a
Forum Purchase o’ the Day.
A lovely silver tritartemorion (
Attic standard) from
Lampsakos,
Mysia (c. 500 to 470 BC) weighing in at 0.775g with a 9.7mm size and
die axis of 0
o. On the
obverse we have janiform female heads, each wearing
stephanos and with a central earring between them. All within a
border of dots. On the
reverse is the
head of
Athena facing left, wearing a Corinthian helmet. There is an olive spray in the upper left
field. All within an
incuse square.
Baldwin Lampsakos, Group A, Pl. V, 17.
Per Joe’s research: “zero sales of this
type recorded on
Coin Archives in the last two decades; very
rare variety”.
Tracy