175, Lot: 141. Estimate $100. Sold for $88. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

UNCERTAIN EAST. Early 4th century BC. AR Obol (10mm, 0.83 g, 8h). Head of Athena right, wearing plain crested helmet, hair protruding around forward edge / Owl standing right, head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, all within incuse square. Unpublished. VF, slight porosity.

While the coin appears to imitate Athenian types, the obverse depiction of Athena is more similar to that found on coins in Thessaly, such as the issues of Pharsalos.