CNG 106, Lot: 114. Estimate $500. Sold for $1100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 1.71 g). Sphinx seated right / Incuse square. Unpublished, but for tetradrachms of this issue, see: SNG ANS 1012; HPM pl. XVII, 14 (“Assoros”) = Baldwin, Chios, p. 53, 2 (northern Greece); Traité II 1004 (uncertain Asia Minor); Heritage 3010, lot 20042. Good VF, toned, slight granularity. Extremely rare.

From the Belgica Collection. Ex Lanz 150 (13 December 2010), lot 65.