CNG 87, Lot: 55. Estimate $300. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SPAIN, Gadir. Circa 150-100 BC. Æ Quarter Unit - Quadrans (17mm, 3.52 g, 12h). Head of Melqart (Herakles) left, wearing lion skin, club on shoulder / Dolphin transfixed by trident left. Cf. De Guadan 73; CNH 50; SNG BM Spain 295. EF, dark green and brown patina, some red, minor roughness and cleaning marks. Better than the published examples. Rare.