Nomos AG, 44
ARKADIA, Psophis. Circa 450-430/20 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.90 g, 11h). Forepart of Keryneian Hind right / Fish right; Ψ (of local form) below, O above; all within incuse circle. BCD Peloponnesos 1680 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen -; Traité III 929 (same dies). Good VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare.
Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Weil (22 June 1982), lot 34; Münzen und Medaillen AG FPL 373 (November-December 1975), no. 64.
Psophis is located in northwest Arkadia, in the valley of the Erymanthos river, a forested and lush region. It remains one of the most verdant districts in the Peloponnesos today. Legend has is that Herakles captured both the Erymanthian Boar and the Keryneian hind in this area.