Triton XIX, Lot: 138. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6.5mm, 0.42 g, 12h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Grape bunch on vine; NYN above; all within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type I, 6–8 var. (unlisted dies); Anokhin 950; MacDonald 87; HGC 7, 14; SNG BM Black Sea 834–5; SNG Pushkin 754; SNG Stancomb –; Naville V, lot 1609–10. Good VF, toned, light porosity, minor scratch on cheek. Sharp reverse. Very rare, only 16 examples cited by Frolova (not including the Pushkin piece), 12 of which are in public collections.