CNG 84, Lot: 523. Estimate $200. Sold for $320. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 470-460 BC. AR Triobol (11mm, 2.91 g). Lion head seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square with windmill pattern. Frolova, Frühe, Type II, 41 (V10/R10); MacDonald 3/2; SNG BM Black Sea -. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

The windmill design on the reverse is often obliterated by die wear, as on the present coin.