CNG 102, Lot: 323. Estimate $300. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Circa 400 BC. AR Diobol (10.5mm, 1.35 g). Laureate head of Apollo right / Ethnic within quarters of partially-quadripartite incuse square. Frolova, frühe –; Anokhin 1149; MacDonald –; HGC 7, –. Near EF, lightly toned. Extremely rare, only referenced in Anokin, with a line drawing for illustration.

The style of the portrait of Apollo on the obverse is nearly identical to that on the Apollo / Ram’s head diobols of circa 390-380 BC (Anokhin 1151; MacDonald 30/1).