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    ANCIENT COINS

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    IONIA, Klazomenai

    499-494 BCE

    AR diobol, 9mm, 1.2 g

    Obv:  forepart of winged boar left

    Rev:  incuse square

    Ref:  Cf. BMC 9-10 (drachm); cf. Traité I 488 (drachm). VF, toned, porous. Very rare with boar left, apparently unpublished as a diobol

    ex Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 256 (25 May 2011), lot 123.

    current TIF Pink Floyd Animals collection, track 1, "Pigs on the Wing, Part I"