273, Lot: 9. Estimate $100. Sold for $425. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACO-MACEDONIAN REGION(?), Uncertain. 5th century BC. AR Hemiobol (7mm, 0.34 g, 1h). Crested Corinthian helmet facing let / Crab within incuse square. Tzamalis -; HPM -; AMNG -; Traité -. VF, toned.

The helmet is reminiscent of that found on the early coinage of Skione, and similar crabs appear as the obverse design of uncertain Thraco-Macedonian issues (see Tzamalis 4 and, more specifically, 5)