Triton XVI, Lot: 28. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (39mm, 28.32 g, 12h). Facing gorgoneion with protruding tongue / Wheel with four spokes (‘solar disk’); A-P-I-X in quarters. Anokhin 169; Karyshkovskij p. 463, 3; Frolova & Abramzon 160–9; SNG BM Black Sea 386; SNG Pushkin 43–6; SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II 97. Good VF, green patina, a few light marks. Very rare, approximately only 14 examples known, 8 of which are in museums.

From the Alex Shubs Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 87 (18 May 2011), lot 247.