Triton XVI, Lot: 163. Estimate $500. Sold for $900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Karkinitis. Circa 345-340 BC. Æ (17mm, 2.91 g, 1h). Heroni-, magistrate. Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Eagle standing left on thunderbolt; HPΩNI above, [KAP]KI[NI] below. Anokhin 605 var. (spelling of magistrate’s name); Medvedeva 15 var. (same); Stolba 7–9 var. (same); SNG BM Black Sea 695; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –. VF, dark brown patina, a little smoothing. Extremely rare, only 6 known to Medvedeva, 4 of which are in museums.

From the Alex Shubs Collection. Ex Christopher Morcom Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 76, 12 September 2007), lot 188.