379, Lot: 150. Estimate $150. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CARIA, Uncertain. Mid 5th century BC. AR Obol (7.5mm, 0.69 g, 2h). Head of lion right; foreleg below / Head of lion facing within incuse square. S. Hurter, “Lions and lionesses, eagles and a few heads: a new uncertain mint in Caria” in
Essays Hersh, 29 (this coin); SNG Kayhan 983–4. Good VF, toned. Very rare.
Ex “Unknown findspot, before 1992” Hoard (CH 9, 359).