Two Rare Issues of Cycladic Naxos

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 198. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $24000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Naxos. Circa 520-490 BC. AR Stater (12.23 g). Kantharos; ivy leaf above, grape bunch hanging from each side / Quadripartite incuse square. Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos I, series B (unlisted dies); SNG Copenhagen 702; BMC 4; Boston MFA 1290; Jameson 1306; Pozzi 2043; Weber 4679. EF, fresh metal, minor porosity. Bold strike.