Sale: CNG 66, Lot: 2026. Estimate $1000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 19 May 2004.  Sold For $1550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANTIQUITY. HELLENISTIC ERA. Thrace. Gold "Leech" fibula (cloak pin). Circa 4th-3rd century BC. Length: 40mm; weight: 16.98 gm. Plain gold fibula with simple banded decorations and drop pendant terminal. Crude provincial workmanship, worn but still functional. ($1000)

The weight is equal to four drachms of gold, hinting that this fibula served as a convenient store of wealth as well as an ostentatious piece of personal jewelry.