84, Lot: 12. Estimate $150. Sold for $94. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TAURIC CHERSONESOS. Pantikapaion. Circa 450-350 BC. AR Obol (11mm, 0.85 gm). Facing lion's head / APOL in quarters of incuse square. Cf. SNG BM Black Sea 844 (Hemidrachm); cf. SNG Stancomb 524 (same); cf. SNG Copenhagen (same). Toned, VF. Rare. Apparently an unlisted denomination.

The hemidrachms in SNG BM Black Sea (#844-847) all weigh 1.45 gm or more. The Hemiobol (#848) weighs 0.47 gm. Apollonia was the early name of Pantikapaion.