CNG 111, Lot: 175. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Nymphaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Hemiobol (6mm, 0.37 g, 9h). Head of nymph left, hair in sakkos / Grape bunch on vine within incuse square. Frolova, frühe, Type I, 6–8 var. (unlisted dies); Anokhin 950; MacDonald 87; HGC 7, 14. VF, toned, slight granularity. Very rare, only 16 examples cited by Frolova, 12 of which are in public collections; only five in CoinArchives.