Very Rare Nymphaion Hemiobol

321, Lot: 61. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.40 g, 8h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Grape bunch on vine within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type I, 6–8; Anokhin 950; MacDonald 87; HGC 7, 14. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare, only 16 examples cited by Frolova (not including the Pushkin piece), 12 of which are in public collections.