Epirus, Ambracia. Stater circa 380-360, AR 8.51 g. Pegasus flying r. Rev. Head of Athena r., wearing Corinthian helmet decorated with A; in r. field, APAΘΘOΣ and in l. field, Aracthos seated on bucranium. Calciati 74 var. (Pegasus flying l.). Ravel, Colts –, cf. 61 (this reverse die) and 63 (this obverse die).
An apparently unrecorded variety of an extremely rare type. Lovely iridescent tone,
obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine

Ex M&M FPL 193, 1959, 1 and M&M Washington sale I, 1997, 86. From the Harald Salvesen collection.