WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 4th-3rd centuries BC (?). AE (Bronze, 9 mm, 0.42 g). Head and neck of a bull to right. Rev. Palm tree. BCD Euboia -. Biga E-Auction 10 (2022), 50 (same dies). BMC -. SNG Copenhagen -. Extremely rare. Minor roughness and with the reverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.



Typologically, this small coin resembles obols from Karystos on Euboea from the 5th century BC, but it likely originates from western Asia Minor. A 4th century BC date for it seems plausible, when similar small bronze coins began to be established in Asia Minor. However, the absence of an ethnic could also indicate a significantly later minting, possibly as a token or tessera rather than a coin.