329, Lot: 19. Estimate $150. Sold for $170. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

THRACE, Chersonesos. Circa 386-338 BC. AR Diobol (10mm, 1.34 g). Forepart of lion right, head left / Quadripartite incuse square with alternating raised and sunken quarters; pellet in each sunken quarter. Cf. Berlin p. 251, 12–4 var. (no pellets); cf. SNG Copenhagen 824-5 (hemidrachms). Good VF, toned, a few deposits under tone on reverse. Nice metal for issue. Extremely rare denomination, apparently unpublished variety with pellets.

From the Berkeley Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 254.