Extremely Rare Issue

389, Lot: 198. Estimate $200. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.33 g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Ethnic within quarters of partially-quadripartite incuse square. Frolova, frühe –; Anokhin 1149; MacDonald –; HGC 7, –; CNG 102, lot 323. Good VF, lightly toned. Excellent metal. Extremely rare, only referenced in Anokin, with a line drawing for illustration; only the CNG 102 piece in CoinArchives.