CNG 112, Lot: 117. Estimate $1500. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off THRACE, Samothrace. Circa 500-465 BC. AR Hemidrachm (12mm, 2.09 g, 5h). Sphinx seated left, raising forepaw / Head of lion left in dotted square, all within incuse square. Schwabacher, Fund 9; HGC 6, 304. Dark find patina. VF. Very rare.

From the Rye Collection.