Triton XVI, Lot: 12. Estimate $150. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Borysthenes. Circa 500-450/25 BC. Cast Æ (38mm, 3.72 g). Bilobate arrowhead with axial spine, with large A in lower half on both sides. Anokhin, Arrowhead, Type III. Near EF, green-brown patina. Very rare, approximately only 15 of this variety known, 9 of which are in museums.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

The letter A on these may refer to the local cult of Apollo Iatros at Borysthenes.