Exceptional Fraction

424, Lot: 224. Estimate $150. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Mylasa. Circa 420-390 BC. AR Tetartemorion (6.5mm, 0.22 g, 4h). Milesian standard. Forepart of lion right, head turned back / Head of male (Apollo?) facing slightly left. HN Online 937; SNG Kayhan 837–8. Good VF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck. Excellent metal. Exceptional for issue. Rare.

From the Peter Tompa Collection. Ex Edward J. Waddell inventory 24379 (January 1998); Jeremy Stone Collection.