Description: Troas, Assos, 4th century BC. Griffin seated right / Roaring lion's head right.

Diameter: AE8 mm

Weight: 0,68 g

Grade: aVF/gF

Attribution: Weber 5319 (attribution is based on similiraty to obol issues; cf. CNG 210, Lot 34; May 13, 2009)

Commentary: olive patina, some light deposits, perfectly centered with good detail

History: Around 360 BC Eubulos, a banker, proclaimed himseld tyrant; he was murdered by his servant, an eunuch Hermeias, who took over in 348 BC but was caught and executed by Persian general Memnon three years later.

Article Number: 019-09-08-41652