Two Carian Mysteries
287, Lot: 203. Estimate $200. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Uncertain mint. 5th century BC. AR Obol (8mm, 0.50 g, 8h). Forepart of bull left / Head of gazelle left. Troxell,
Carians -; SNG Keckman -; Karl -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Kayhan -; BMC -; Traité -. Good VF, toned. Interesting and seemingly unpublished.
A characteristically Carian obverse. For similar charging bulls see Troxell 11 and SNG Keckman 911ff.