395, Lot: 191. Estimate $500. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Phaselis. 4th century BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.20 g, 6h). Prow of galley right / Stern of galley left; ΦAΣH above. Heipp-Tamer Series 6, unlisted variety; CNG E-Sale 393, lot 179 (same dies); CNG 103, lot 323 (same dies); CNG 102, lot 539 (same dies). VF, struck from worn dies.

The obverse die for this particular variety was overused to the point that on this specimen there is a piece missing in the middle of the prow that must have broken out of the die at some point very late in its life.