Erythrai (?) Didrachm circa 500-480, AR 7.02 g. Naked horseman galloping r. Rev. Quadripartite incuse square. Traité II, 480 and pl. XII, 10. SNG Copenhagen 554. Rosen 573 (this coin). Jameson 2269 (this coin). SNG von Aulock 1943 (this coin). Boston, MFA 1835 (these dies).
Rare. A wonderful old cabinet tone, two flan-cracks and traces of double striking
on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine
Ex Leu 28, 1981, 148; M&M 72, 1987, Rosen, 270 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 506 sales. From the Jameson and H. von Aulock collections.
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