Extremely Rare Obol

449, Lot: 209. Estimate $100. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SELEUKID EMPIRE. Demetrios I Soter. 162-150 BC. AR Obol (9mm, 0.65 g, 12h). Uncertain eastern mint. Diademed head right / Apollo Delphios, testing arrow held in right hand, left hand resting on grounded bow to right, seated left on omphalos; no control marks. SC 1761; HGC 9, 817. Toned, some porosity. VF. Extremely rare.