Very Rare Kydonia Diobol

385, Lot: 186. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CRETE, Kydonia. Early 2nd century BC. AR Diobol (12.5mm, 1.58 g). Head of nymph left / Raised “skew” pattern. E.S.G. Robinson, “Pseudoaeginetica,” NC 1928, 48; Svoronos, Numismatique –; SNG Copenhagen –; SNG Lockett 2548; Dewing 2000. Good VF, deeply toned, slightly off center. Very rare.

From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.