Obverse: Within a dotted circle, a sphinx with straight wing seated to the...

Reverse: Lion's head, profile to the left, within shallow incuse squa...

Collection: Arthur S. Dewing Collection
Context: Samothrace
Material: Silver
Denomination: Hemidrachm
Actual Weight: 2.24
Die Axis: 135 degrees
Date: ca. 475 BC
Region: Sporades
Period: Early Classical


Obverse Type: Lion's head, profile to the left, within shallow incuse square

Date Description:

Ca. 475 BC

Collection History:

Kiourpet 1930 Hoard (IGCH 696).

Commentary: Schwabacher 9.