301, Lot: 11. Estimate $100. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Mesambria. Mid-late 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.60 g, 11h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Quadripartite incuse square. Karayotov I 5, pl. I, 1 (same obv. die); Topalov, Messambria 1; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Copenhagen –; CNG e101, lot 29 var. (arrangement of ethnic). Fine, porous. Extremely rare.

In discussing the first silver issues from Mesembria (p. 18), Karayotov mentions a unique obol of this type in the Archaeological Museum in Sofia.