Thrace. Uncertain Mint in Thrace. c. 500-470 BC. Hemidrachm, 2.31g (3h). Obv: Sphinx sqatting left, raising right forepaw. Rx: Head of roaring lion left within dotted incuse square. W. Schwabacher in Transactions of the International Numismatic Congress London 1936, p. 111, 9. E. Schönert-Geiss in ΧΑΡΑΚΤΗΡ. Αφιέρωμα στη Μάντω Οικονομίδου, p. 276, fig. 1, 2. SNG Copenhagen 991. Traité pl. cliv, 16 (as Chios). Beautifully toned. About EF/VF
Ex Auctiones 20, 8-9 November 1990, lot 216. From the Kiourpet hoard 1930 (IGCH 696)