Triton XV, Lot: 1189. Estimate $1500. Sold for $6500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KOLCHIS. 1st century BC. AV Stater (16mm, 3.67 g, 12h). Imitating Alexander III of Macedon. Stylized head of Athena right; ornaments around / Stylized Nike standing facing; two pellets at each side. Lang 4A var. (ornamentation); cf. de la Tour 9377; cf. Paulsen pl. 3, 47; K. Golenko, “Kolchis” in Chiron 2, pp. 570–2. Good VF, light die rust and light sratch on obverse.