Extremely Rare Argos Stater
176, Lot: 21. Estimate $3000. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ARGOLIS, Argos. Circa 370-350 BC. AR Stater (11.95 g, 11h). Head of Hera right, wearing ornamented stephanos / Star of ten rays between two dolphins. BCD Peloponnesos 1064; SNG Copenhagen 23-4 var. (same obv. die; symbol). Fine, lightly toned. Extremely rare.
Ex BCD Collection (LHS 96, 8 May 2006), lot 1064; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXV.2 (February 1977), no. 948; G. Hirsch 82 (13 February 1973), lot 117.