CNG 90, Lot: 116. Estimate $200. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Meliboeia. Mid-late 4th century BC. AR Obol (12mm, 1.14 g, 11h). Head of the nymph Meliboeia facing slightly left, grape bunches in hair / Two grape bunches and leaves hanging from vine. Helly, Quelques 12; BCD Thessaly II 447 (same dies). VF, toned, some porosity, a few small marks. Rare.

From the BCD Collection, purchased from M. Ratto, January 1971.