379, Lot: 149. Estimate $150. Sold for $200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Uncertain. Mid 5th century BC. AR Obol (7.5mm, 0.69 g, 1h). Head of lion left; foreleg below / Eagle flying left within incuse square. S. Hurter, “Lions and lionesses, eagles and a few heads: a new uncertain mint in Caria” in Essays Hersh, 9 (this coin); SNG Kayhan 981–2 var. (eagle right). VF, toned. Very rare.

Ex “Unknown findspot, before 1992” Hoard (CH 9, 359).