CNG 100, Lot: 1301. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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THRACE, Byzantion. Circa 387/6-340 BC. AR Tetradrachm (21mm, 15.21 g). Bull standing on dolphin left; Φ in wreath to left / Quadripartite incuse square with stippled surface. Schönert-Geiss,
Byzantion 704–6 var. (unlisted dies); cf. SNG BM Black Sea 3–7; McClean 4236. Good VF, lightly toned, small scratch in field on obverse. Very rare with this control mark, only three specimens noted by Schönert-Geiss.