Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 83. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $1450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Geto-Dacians. Koson. Mid 1st century BC. AR Drachm (4.41 g, 11h). KOSWN, Roman consul accompanied by two lictors; monogram to left / Eagle standing left on scepter, holding wreath. New York Sale IX, lot 65, otherwise unpublished as a drachm. For these types in gold, cf. Iliescu 1; RPC I 1701; BMC Thrace p. 208, 2. Good VF, lightly toned, slight die shift on obverse. Rare.