Very Rare Nymphaion Diobol

358, Lot: 101. Estimate $4000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Diobol (10.5mm, 1.63 g, 6h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Grape bunch on vine within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type I, 2–5 var. (unlisted dies); Anokhin 949; MacDonald 86; HGC 7, 13; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb 508. Good VF, toned, minor surface granularity. Very rare, only 8 examples cited by Frolova, 6 of which are in public collections, only one in CoinArchives (Triton XVII, lot 239).