CNG 88, Lot: 74. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. Circa 500-450 BC. AR Stater (16mm, 8.90 g). Cock standing left and three lotus(?) flowers arrayed around central pellet; small circle to left of cock / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. This variety unpublished, but cf. Tzamalis 24-31 and HPM pl. XVI, 28-35 for the series to which this type belongs. VF, light porosity, a little roughness on obverse. Extremely rare.