311, Lot: 834. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain Achaemenid mint. 4th century BC. AR Obol(?) (11mm, 0.54 g). Persian king right, in kneeling-running stance, holding spear and bow / Head of Satrap right, wearing bashlyk. BMC 25 (Mallos); Babelon, Perses 191 (Tarsos); Brindley 84 (Ionia or Caria); Sunrise 92 (Uncertain Cilicia). VF, toned, some roughness, black deposits.

From the Daniel Koppersmith Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 252 (23 March 2011), lot 172.

This issue has traditionally been assigned to Cilicia, but the characteristics of the flan and the style is unlike the Achaemenid period obols from that region. The obverse type more closely resembles the “Ionian map” issues, but there is also a stylistic similarity to the Achaemenid king/Horeman issues given to Caria.