199, Lot: 246. Estimate $100. Sold for $363. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA(?), Uncertain. 6th century BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.61 g). Animal’s head (boar?) left / Diamond with central pellet within square incuse punch. SNG Copenhagen -; SNG Keckman -; SNG von Aulock -; Klein -; Rosen -; Troxell,
Carians -; cf. CNG E175, lot 90 (for similar obv.). VF, find patina. Possibly unpublished.
From the D. Alighieri Collection.
Perhaps a transitional type falling between Troxell 5 and 6.