CNG 102, Lot: 11. Estimate $500. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

GAUL, Massalia. Circa 475-465/0 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.92 g, 5h). Archaic head of Apollo left / Crab; M below. Chevillon OBM-1 (fig. 29); Brenot Period 2, 1; Furtwängler, Massalia, Em. VI, pl. III, 4; SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned. Good metal. Very rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind, purchased from Dix, Noonan, Webb, June 2011.