One of Eleven Known
Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 147. Estimate $1500. Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010. Sold For $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater (12.13 g, 10h). Lion standing right, raising forepaw; bow above, ΣE below / Dove flying right; Σ above and I below tail; all within wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 194 (same dies); Traité III 797, pl. CCXXI, 21 = Pozzi (Boutin) 4064 (same dies). Near EF, minor die shift on obverse. Extremely rare, one of eleven known, and better than the BCD Peloponnesos example.
Ex BCD Collection (not from previous BCD sales).