CNG 94, Lot: 693. Estimate $500. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 5th century BC. AR Tetrobol (11mm, 2.86 g). Stylized facing lion’s head wearing five-spiked crown / Incuse square punch with intersecting lines and pellet. M. Thompson, “Some Noteworthy Greek Accessions” in ANSMN 17, p. 4, 5; cf. Rosen 395 (diobol); cf. Weber 4591 corr. (diobol, not Rhaokos); cf. Klein (diobol) cf. E.S.G. Robinson, “Coins from al-Mina (1936)” in NC 68 (1937), p. 186 (diobol); cf. CNG E161, lot 95 (obol). Good VF, toned. Extremely rare, only the second known tetrobol for the series.