Nomos AG
Auction 26 21 May 2023
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CILICIA. Uncertain mint, but perhaps Mallos. Circa 400-350 BC. Tetartemorion (Silver, 6 mm, 0.14 g). Astragalus within a border of dots. Rev. Blank with flat surfaces. Klein 646 (Uncertain Cilicia, and termed a hemitetartemorion since it weighs 0.09 g) = Aufhäuser 18, 2004, 340 = Aufhäuser 9, 1992, 198 (Mallos ? and hemitetartemorion). M&M FPL 570, November/December 1993, 161 = M&M FPL 516, November/December 1988, 10 (Uncertain Asia Minor, termed a tetartemorion and unique). SNG Levante 210. An intriguing and well-struck little coin. About extremely fine.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
At first glance, this coin, with its unusual completely blank and flat reverse, of a type not normally associated with Asia, looks remarkably Etruscan! Unfortunately, not only are there no known Etruscan silver coins with knucklebones (some aes grave have them as a type), but Levante also published quite a number of one-sided fractions (including one like this), all of which were acquired in Cilicia (SNG Levante 194, 207, 210, and 252), thus making it virtually certain this coin comes from there.
From the "Collection sans Pareille" of Ancient Greek Fractions.
At first glance, this coin, with its unusual completely blank and flat reverse, of a type not normally associated with Asia, looks remarkably Etruscan! Unfortunately, not only are there no known Etruscan silver coins with knucklebones (some aes grave have them as a type), but Levante also published quite a number of one-sided fractions (including one like this), all of which were acquired in Cilicia (SNG Levante 194, 207, 210, and 252), thus making it virtually certain this coin comes from there.