Sale: CNG 79, Lot: 376. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 17 September 2008.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Trihemiobol(?) (0.97 g, 9h). Archaic head of Athena right / Archaic head of Aphrodite right, hair in sakkos, in linear square within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. Good VF, toned, slightly flat strike on reverse.

The attribution to Caria is based on the close resemblance of the reverse to the reverse on early drachms of Knidos (cf. Cahn 31-2).