Third Known

Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 214. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $825. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LOKRIS, Lokris Opuntii. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Obol (0.75 g, 3h). Amphora / Aeginetan style skew pattern incuse; O in lower left incuse. Traité III 424; Imhoof-Blumer, “Griechische Münzen,” NC 1895, I, 3; CNG 73, lot 203. VF, minor porosity. Extremely rare, the third known.

The CNG 73 coin, in good VF condition, sold for a hammer of $1700.