CNG 97, Lot: 227. Estimate $300. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 512 BC. AR Triobol (10.3mm, 1.63 g, 6h). Head of panther facing within pelleted square / Head of ox left in linear and pelleted border within incuse square. Barron 175, 1; HGC 6, 1194 corr. (incorrect page noted in Barron); SNG Fitzwilliam 4634. VF, lightly toned, granular surface. Very rare.