CNG 94, Lot: 696. Estimate $300. Sold for $180. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Circa 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm or Triobol(?) (10mm, 2.32 g). Forepart of horse right / Irregular quadripartite incuse. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 4-5 (horse left); CNG E-282, lot 101; CNG E-239, lot 164 (described as electrum); Noble 92, lot 5055 (Maroneia); cf. Elektron I 1 (head only right, electrum, Maroneia). VF, granular surfaces.

This curious pale silver issue is struck on the thick, globular flan often associated with late figural electrum. The attribution is uncertain; Schönert-Geiss has published similar specimens as tetrobols of the earliest issues at Maroneia, while find spots seem to indicate an origin in Asia Minor.