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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 517. Estimate $2000. 
Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. 
Sold For $2600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Salamis. Euelthon. Circa 560-525 BC. AR Stater (10.97 gm, 12h). Posthumous issue, struck circa 515-480 BC. "Euelthon" in Cypriot, ram kneeling left / Blank. Asyut 787; BMC Cyprus pg. 46, 2; cf. SNG Copenhagen 31; Rosen 754; Dewing 2528; Boston MFA 2143; Kraay, ACGC 1078. Good VF, darkly toned, light scratches. Exceptional for issue. ($2000)

From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.

The majority of the coinage struck in the name of Euelthon, the founder of the Cypriot dynasty, was struck after his death by his successors.