CNG 108, Lot: 251. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Sixth Stater – Hemidrachm(?) (11mm, 1.91 g). Bull(?) standing right, head reverted / Quadripartite incuse square. CNG E-277, lot 25 (same die and punch); otherwise unpublished. Good VF, toned, a little granular. Very rare.

The animal on the obverse here, and on the previous lot, appears to be the same creature featured on the obverse of other obscure early issues; see CNG 105, lot 393 (same denomination); CNG E-369, lot 140 and CNG E-321, lot 167 (obols); and CNG E-361, lot 748 (hemiobol). All of these coins have a similar style, and perhaps are from a single mint.