425, Lot: 192. Estimate $100. Sold for $160. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Uncertain. Mid 5th century BC. AR Obol (7.5mm, 0.71 g, 2h). Head [and foreleg] of lion right / Facing head of lion. S. Hurter, “Lions and lionesses, eagles and a few heads: a new uncertain mint in Caria” in Essays Hersh, Group II, 22 (this coin); SNG Kayhan 983–4. VF, toned, a little off center on obverse. Very rare.

Ex “Unknown findspot, before 1992” Hoard (CH 9, 359).