obol of Himera, 490 BC ca.

Obv. cock
Rev. mill-sail incuse

Kraay 297   0.70 g   nv JEAN ELSEN sa, Auction 58 (1999) no. 828, Kraay 296 c. 500 BC




Kraay 292-305 hen /... Group V Kraay 292a O18/R14 SNG Cop 297 0.74 hen l, 6 feathers /mill-sail anticlockwise; striated border Kraay 293a O19/R14 SNG IV 1014 0.86 hen l, 6 feathers / 293b McClean 2289 0.87 293c McClean 2288 0.86 Kraay 294a O20/R14 BMC 12 0.87 hen r, 6 feathers; linear border/ 294b Egger 26: 11: 1909, 153 0.90 Kraay 295a O21/R14 Fiorelli 4413 0.80 hen r, 6 feathers / 295b AC xii 731 0.84 Kraay 296a O22/R14 Paris 536 0.86 hen l, 6 feathers; linear border/ 296b BMC II 0.87 296c Himera II 779 630 1.00 296d Fiorelli 4412 0.93 Kraay 297a O23/R14 Berlin 0.78 hen l, 6 feathers; claw raised; linear border/ 297b Ward 160 0.96 297 Elsen 58 828 0.70 Kraay 298a O24/R15 Vienna 0.95 hen r, 6 feathers; linear border/mill-sail anticlockwise; linear border 298b Leu 2 (1972) 75 0.91 Kraay 299 a O25/R16 Berlin 0.73 hen r, 6 feathers; heavy dotted border/mill-sail clockwise; striated border 299b Hirsch xxvi 389 0.93 Kraay 300a O26/R17 McClean 2286 0.99 hen l, 5 feathers; linear border/mill-sail clockwise; uncertain border Kraay 301a O27/R18 Berlin 0.85 hen r, 5 feathers; dotted border/mill-sail clockwise; linear border Kraay 302a O28/R19 Copenhagen (acq. 1961) 0.73 hen r, 5 feathers; /mill-sail clockwise; striated border Kraay 303a O29/R20 Palermo 0.78 hen r, 5 feathers from single stem; /mill-sail anticlockwise; linear border 303? Holleman 117 8 0.67 Kraay 304a O30/R21 SNG Evelpidis 495 0.57 hen r /mill-sail clockwise; linear border Kraay 305a O31/R22 Berlin 0.92 hen r, 6 feathers; dotted border/linear 'Union Jack' pattern with striated border
Kraay 274-287 cock/... Group II Kraay 274a O 1/R 1 BMC 10 0.76 cock r; position of claws & border uncertain /mill-sail clockwise; linear border 274b Berlin 0.77 Kraay 275a O 2/R 2 Brussels 0.67 cock r; position of claws & border uncertain /mill-sail clockwise; striated border 275b Berlin 0.72 Kraay 276a O 3/R 3 Berlin 0.70 cock r; position of claws & border uncertain /mill-sail anticlockwise; striated border Group IV Kraay 277a O 4/R 4 H. Weber 1344 0.78 cock l; claw raised; linear border /mill-sail clockwise; striated border Kraay 278a O 5/R 4 SNG V 1757, SNG III 781 0.82 cock r; claw raised; linear border / 278b Himera II 755 408 0.57 similar but dies apparently different Kraay 279a O 6/R 4 Berlin 0.82 cock l; claw raised; VV; widely dotted border/ 279b Syracuse .... 279c MMAG 53 (1977) 20, pc 0.55 /probably different die ... Sotheby Oct 1993 203 0.96 hen l; claw raised; VV; linear border /mill-sail anticlockwise; striated border Kraay 280a O 7/R 5 McClean 2290 0.84 cock r; claw raised; linear border /mill-sail clockwise; linear border Kraay 281a O 8/R 6 BMC 9 0.78 cock l; claw raised; dotted border /mill-sail clockwise; linear border Kraay 282a O 9/R 7 Palermo 0.88 cock l; claw raised; dotted wing & border /mill-sail clockwise; striated border Kraay 283a O10/R 8 BM 0.92 cock l; claw raised; dotted wing; lin border /mill-sail clockwise; striated border 283? Elsen 58 827 0.74 Kraay 284a O11/R 8 Berlin 0.87 cock l; dotted wing; lin border / Kraay 285a O12/R 8 Den Haag, now Leiden 0.80 cock l; dotted wing; lin border / Group VI Kraay 286a O13/R 9 Imhoof-Blumer 20 28 0.89 cock l; claw raised; V; dotted border /mill-sail clockwise; striated border 286b BM 0.81 Kraay 287a O14/R 9 McClean 2287 0.86 cock l; claw raised; V; dotted border; later /
Kraay 288-291 late cock/... Uncertain groups, but probably late in the period Kraay 288a O15/R10 SNG IV 1013 0.82 squat cock r, claws on ground; dotted border /mill-sail clockwise; linear border Kraay 289a O15/R11 SNG Munchen 339 0.59 /mill-sail anticlockwise + dot; linear border Kraay 290a O16/R12 Berlin 0.66 cock r; stumpy tail; SOT; no border visible /mill-sail anticlockwise + dot; no border 290d Sangiorgi 15: 4: 1326 0.65 290b Palermo 0.60 /different die? 290c Termini (Gabrici pl iv 7) 0.77 /different die? Group VII? Kraay 291a O17/R13 McClean 2293 0.74 cock r; 5 graduated feathers; 2 dots; dotted b/hd female r. 291b private collection Swiss 0.90 /different die