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333, Lot: 98. Estimate $150.
Sold for $150. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Debased Hekte or Triobol(?) (10mm, 2.18 g). Forepart of horse right / Quadripartite incuse square. Cf. Schönert-Geiss 4-5; CNG E-282, lot 101; CNG E-239, lot 164; cf. Elektron I 1. Near VF.


Such horse types appear in both very pale electrum, as the previous lot, and silver, as the current lot. It is difficult to say for certain what the denomination is; presumably the were struck as hektai, with the gold content rapidly reduced.