CNG 84, Lot: 524. Estimate $200. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 450-438/7 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.35 g). Lion head seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square with windmill pattern, stellate designs in two opposite quarters. Frolova, Frühe, Type VIII, 230-52 (unlisted dies); cf. MacDonald 11/1 (triobol); SNG BM Black Sea 851-2. VF, toned, a hint of smoothing. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.