Sale: CNG 61, Lot: 647. Estimate $600. Closing Date: Wednesday, 25 September 2002. Sold For $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TROAS, Skepsis. Circa 450 BC. AR Diobol (2.08 gm). Forepart of Pegasos right / Tree; E-N; all within incuse square. SNG von Aulock -; BMC Troas pg. 80, 3; Traité pl. clxv, 3. Toned, nice VF, minor light porosity. Rare. ($600)
Ex Frank Sternberg Auction (25-26 November 1976), lot 76.
BMC suggests that the NE on the reverse may indicate an alliance between Skepsis and Neandria.