Ionia, Uncertain Mint, Electrum 1/12-Stater, Siren Type crowned bust left with pearl

crowned bust left with pearl earring and necklace

in exergue for engraver Benedetto Pistrucci (S

Berger 1661)

edge milled with chamfered rim

SNG Copenhagen 202)

Ionia, Uncertain Mint, Electrum 1/12-Stater, Siren Type crowned bust left with pearlIonia, Uncertain Mint (c. 600 550 B. C.), Electrum 1 12 Stater (Hemihekte). Siren standing left, with the body of a bird and a human head, wearing a cap from which extends a long curl, rev. irregular incuse square, 1. 39g. (Linzalone , cf. 1127 (Trite); cf. Naville VII, 1924, lot 1435 (Bement Collection); cf. Gemini VI, 2010, lot 159). Unpublished in the standard reference works, a fascinating issue with splendid mythological type, a little softly