Extremely Rare Mallos Obol

380, Lot: 272. Estimate $100. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 440-390 BC. AR Obol (8.5mm, 0.80 g, 3h). Turtle / Forepart of man-headed bull left within incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references, but cf. SNG Levante 186 (for obv. type) and SNG Ashmolean 1735 (for rev. type). VF, porous. Extremely rare, this is the only piece in CoinArchives.

Ex Rauch 96 (10 December 2014), lot 107.