207, Lot: 164. Estimate $100. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

AEOLIS, Kyme(?). Circa 480-450 BC. AR Hemiobol (8mm, 0.38 g). Eagle head left / Quadripartite incuse square of mill-sail pattern, K-A-P-H in compartments. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; Klein -; Rosen -. VF, toned, minor porosity.

From the D. Alighieri Collection.

A very interesting fraction of the common type from Kyme, but missing the ethnic from the obverse and with a legend (perhaps the name of a moneyer) on the reverse.