Two Very Rare Mantineia Obols

Sale: CNG 78, Lot: 736. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 May 2008.  Sold For $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ARKADIA, Mantineia. Circa 420-385 BC. AR Obol (0.92 g, 1h). Acorn / Large M; MAN below. BCD Peloponnesos 1471; SNG Copenhagen 245. VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex BCD Collection (not in LHS sale); Classical Numismatic Group 49 (17 March 1999), lot 525.