CNG 85, Lot: 328. Estimate $500. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THESSALY, Skotussa. Circa 462/1-460 BC. AR Obol (10mm, 1.31 g, 8h). Youth wrestling bull right, bull’s head facing / Horse head right; SK-O around; all within incuse square. Liampi, Corpus 3 var. (unlisted dies). Good VF, toned, minor die shift on reverse. Heavy specimen. Extremely rare.

There is an Christodoulos forgery of this type, but this coin is from different dies. Another specimen, currently in a private collection, is struck from the same reverse die (and possibly the same obverse die) as the present coin, with a more usual weight, at 0.99 g.