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Aspendos (or Selge) Gorgoneion / Athena Obol

Specimen · aspendos-gorgoneion-athena-obol-001

The Coin

Obverse
Obverse — facing gorgoneion, the tongue out between the teeth, the brows drawn together; the flan's edge scalloped by the strike. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63031.

Reverse
Reverse — head of Athena right in a crested Attic helmet, the crest running off the flan at the top; no astragalos visible behind the head. Cropped and centred from the house photograph, no other retouching.
Image source & licence

Image: NGC PhotoVision (NGCcoin.com) via Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63031.

Grading Label

Grading Label
The NGC holder, front — label and obverse. PAMPHYLIA, ASPENDUS · c. 4th Century BC · AR Obol · Ch VF · certification 8569270-058. An older-style NGC Ancients label: no weight, no sub-grades. Heritage's credit strip trimmed from the bottom; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63031.

Grading Label Reverse
The NGC holder, back — the reverse through the plastic, with the hologram and verification panel. Credit strip trimmed; otherwise as supplied.
Image source & licence

Image: Heritage Auctions (HA.com), lot 232638-63031.

Attribution: Asia Minor (Pamphylia). Aspendos. Aspendos (or Selge) — civic. c. 4th century BC (the house; the Selge obols of this type are generally placed c. 350–300 BC). AR. obol.

Obverse: Facing gorgoneion — the Gorgon's head seen from the front, the tongue protruding between the teeth, the hair in a fringe of snakes or curls

Reverse: Head of Athena right, wearing a crested Attic helmet; on many dies of the series an astragalos (knucklebone) behind the head, not visible on this collection's specimen

Weight: NO WEIGHT EXISTS FOR THIS COIN FROM ANY SOURCE, and now none ever will: the NGC label of this older style carries none, Heritage's cataloguing gives none, and the coin is sealed and staying sealed. Obols of this class weigh about a gram. · 10 mm · axis 90°  Reference: SNG France 3 (Pamphylie), 38

Type-level historical context, attribution detail, and references → Aspendos (or Selge) Gorgoneion / Athena Obol

John's Ancient Coin Collection · Specimen · aspendos-gorgoneion-athena-obol-001

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