Sale: Triton XII, Lot: 343. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 5 January 2009.  Sold For $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 380/75-330/25 BC. AR Stater (10.94 g, 12h). Two wrestlers grappling; BΛ between / Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIY to left; to right, counterclockwise triskeles. Tekin Series 4; SNG France -; SNG von Aulock -; Izmir -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG PP 5 var. (clockwise triskeles); CNG 69, lot 480. EF, toned. Very rare issue with BΛ.

Ex Hess-Divo 307 (8 June 2007), lot 1282; Sternberg XIV (24 May 1984), lot 147.

The BΛ issue is among the rarest of Aspendos staters. Correct attribution of these is dependent upon a close reading of the text of many published collections, as coin wear and poor quality photos often make the more common BA issues appear to read BΛ (see SNG Copenhagen 215 and Izmir 4).