Two Rare Archaic Phlious Obols

CNG 88, Lot: 252. Estimate $300. Sold for $500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHLIASIA, Phlious. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Obol – Twelfth Stater (8mm, 1.07 g). Human leg bent to right / Incuse square divided into six irregular compartments. BCD Peloponnesos 79 (same rev. die); HGC 5, 136. VF, lightly toned, minor porosity. Rare.

From the BCD Collection (not in previous BCD sales).