Very Rare Orontes Tetrobol

Sale: Triton XI, Lot: 203. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Monday, 7 January 2008.  Sold For $875. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

MYSIA, Kisthene. Orontes. Satrap of Mysia, Circa 357-352 BC. AR Tetrobol (2.45 g, 3h). Nude hoplite crouching left behind shield, spear at ready / [O]RONT-[A], forepart of winged boar right. Troxell, Orontes p. 30, 4; SNG France 1164A (Lampsakos); BMC Mysia -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -. Good VF, toned, minor porosity. Very rare.