CNG 99, Lot: 156. Estimate $300. Sold for $763. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Triobol (13mm, 2.23 g). Facing lion scalp / Stellate pattern in dotted square within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type VI, 204; Anokhin 1137 (Apollonia or Pantikapaion); MacDonald 9/1; HGC 7, 33 (all illustrating the Hermitage piece). Good VF, toned, some light deposits, area of flat strike on reverse. Extremely rare, only one example published (in the Hermitage), only one in CoinArchives.