Triton XVI, Lot: 29. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1900. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (27mm, 10.07 g, 2h). Facing gorgoneion, with solid eyes / Wheel with four spokes and central pellet (‘solar disk’); A-P-I-X counterclockwise in quarters. Anokhin 171 var. (orientation of letters); Karyshkovskij p. 468. 1–8 var. (same); Frolova & Abramzon 179 (same rev. die); SNG BM Black Sea 388–9 var. (same); SNG Pushkin 49 var. (same); SNG Stancomb 345 var. (same); Sutzu II –. VF, red-brown patina. Very rare, approximately only 23 examples known, 12 of which are in museums.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.