CNG 84, Lot: 559. Estimate $750. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Phanagoreia. Circa 390 BC. AR Diobol (9mm, 1.10 g, 9h). Head of Kabeiros left, wearing conical cap / Forepart of bull left; barley grain behind; all within shallow incuse circle. Frolova, Frühe, Type V, 12 var. (V2/R- [unlisted rev. die]); MacDonald 77; SNG BM Black Sea -; SNG Stancomb -. VF, toned, slight roughness. Very rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection. Ex Gorny & Mosch 147 (7 March 2006), lot 1236.