Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 299. Estimate $300.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TAURIC CHERSONESOS. Pantikapaion. Circa 2nd - 1st century BC. Billon Hemidrachm (2.07 gm). Laureate head of Apollo right / Grain ear. SNG BM Black Sea 915; SNG Stancomb -; Anokhin 163; SNG Copenhagen -. Heavily toned, good VF. Very rare. ($300)

Very base metal, with only a trace of silver.