Hellenistic Enigma

CNG 100, Lot: 1441. Estimate $300. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

WESTERN ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. Late 6th-early 5th centuries BC. AR Tetrobol (14mm, 2.83 g, 5h). Head of bull right / Incuse gorgoneion. Unpublished in the standard references, but for similar issues, cf. SNG München 173 (Dardanos); Klein 304 (Dardanos); CNG 90, lot 575 (Dardanos); CNG 85, lot 409 (Mytilene); Gorny & Mosch 186, lot 1336 (Klazomenai). VF, lightly toned, granular surfaces. Extremely rare.