CNG 103, Lot: 292. Estimate $500. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off IONIA, Samos. Circa 270-240 BC. AR Octobol (19mm, 4.49 g, 12h). Ptolemaic or Persic standard. Facing lion scalp / Forepart of ox right; krater to lower left, olive spray to lower right. Barron 24 (A211/P220); HGC 6, 1237. Good VF, deep cabinet tone.

Ex Classical Numismatic Group 100 (7 October 2015), lot 1484; Ritter von Galatti Collection (Dorotheum, 20 November 2013), lot 64 (acquired before 1924).