CNG 84, Lot: 526. Estimate $300. Sold for $370. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 438/7-430 BC. AR Diobol (13mm, 1.38 g, 7h). Lion head seen from above / Quadripartite incuse square with windmill pattern, stellate designs and Π-A in opposing quarters. Frolova, Frühe, Type X, 308 (V11/R7); MacDonald 12/2; SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Ashmolean 3392 (same rev. die). VF, toned, light scratch on obverse, edge nicks on reverse, a hint of porosity. Very rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.