TYPE Ancient Greece, uncertain of Caria or Ionia (?), ca. 4th c. BC, bronze AE11
DESCRIPTION .
Obv: Female head left
Rev: Forepart of bull swimming (or butting) right, traces of Greek legend above
REFERENCE: cf. SG 4816, cf. 4945
GRADING: F / F+, dark brown patina, very scarce
ORDER INFO: G2031, $32
The closest analogies in the references consulted appear to be those of the obscure (numismatically and otherwise) Karyanda and possibly Tabai. However, none of them have the obverse head facing left, and the legend above the bull here apparently has an A (possibly an AL), which only marginally matches the legends for these two locales. (It does better with a third Carian city, Alinda, but the bull theme seems to be absent from its coinage.) The legend might also read MA, which could arguably attribute it to Magnesia of Ionia.