Extremely Rare Triobol

343, Lot: 141. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Triobol (13.5mm, 2.21 g). Facing lion scalp / Stellate pattern in dotted square within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type VI, 204; Anokhin 1137 (Apollonia or Pantikapaion); MacDonald 9/1; HGC 7, 33 (all illustrating the Hermitage piece). Good VF, toned, some porosity and deposits. Extremely rare, only one example published (in the Hermitage).