Extremely Rare Nymphaion Drachm

Triton XX, Lot: 182. Estimate $2000. Sold for $9000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Drachm (14mm, 5.01 g, 6h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Grape bunch on vine; NYN above; all within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type I, 1 var. (unlisted dies); Anokhin 948; MacDonald 85; HGC 7, 12; Berlin 1. Good VF, toned, slight granularity, tiny die break on obverse. Extremely rare, only two examples noted by Frolova, both in public collections (Berlin and St. Petersburg), none in CoinArchives.