Unpublished and Unique

383, Lot: 136. Estimate $200. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Obol (10.5mm, 0.97 g, 5h). Head of nymph left, hair in sphendone / Grape bunch on vine; NYN above; all within incuse square. Unpublished as an obol. Fine, toned, obverse off center. Apparently unique.

The appearance of an obol in this series is not unexpected, as both diobols and hemiobols are known.