CNG 96, Lot: 434. Estimate $300. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

IONIA, Magnesia ad Maeandrum. Themistokles. Circa 465-459 BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.33 g, 7h). Head of Hephaistos right, wearing laureate pilos; Θ-E flanking / ΘE in dotted square border within incuse square. Nollé & Wenninger 5a; Cahn & Gerin 8 = SNG München 585; SNG Copenhagen –; CNG 81, lot 521. VF, toned, typical porosity, a couple tiny flecks from edge. Very rare.