CNG 112, Lot: 200. Estimate $300. Sold for $650. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off ATTICA, Aegina. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Obol (7mm, 0.90 g). Sea turtle, head in profile, with thin collar and [row of dots down its back] / Incuse square with mill-sail-like pattern. Meadows, Aegina, Group IIb; Milbank pl. I, 8; HGC 6, –. Toned, some porosity. VF. Well struck. Very rare denomination for issue.

From the Matthew Curtis Collection.