Triton XIV, Lot: 338. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 330/25-300/250 BC. AR Stater (25mm, 10.68 g, 12h). Two wrestlers grappling; EI between / Slinger in throwing stance right; EΣTFEΔIIY to left, club and counterclockwise triskeles to right; all within dotted circle border. Tekin Series 5 (EI control unlisted); SNG von Aulock -; SNG France -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; G. Hirsch 262, lot 2472; Triton XII, lot 344; CNG 76, lot 754; R. Ratto, 4 April 1927, lot 2253. EF, light iridescent toning, minor edge split. Extremely rare issue, one of only five known (none in any published collection or hoard).

Ex De la Tour Collection (Hess-Divo 314, 4 May 2009), lot 1194 = Palombo 5, lot 43; Barry Feirstein Collection (Numismatica Ars Classica 39, 16 May 2007), lot 78.