Sale: CNG 72, Lot: 690. Estimate $200.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 14 June 2006.  Sold For $384. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CIMMERIAN BOSPOROS, Pantikapaion. Time of Pharnakes. Circa 63-47 BC. Æ Obol (18.22 g, 12h). Wreathed head of young Dionysos right / Eagle standing left, head right, on thunderbolt; monogram to left, star to right. MacDonald 187; SNG BM Black Sea 945 var. (ethnic in two lines). VF, brown patina, a few faint cleaning marks. Exceptional for issue.