Triton XVI, Lot: 36. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 380-360 BC. Æ (17mm, 4.23 g, 12h). Head of Demeter right / Sea eagle standing right on dolphin right, tearing at its head; OΛBIO above, EY (retrograde) below. Anokhin 203; Karyshkovskij p. 405, Таб. IX=A, 5-7; Frolova & Abramzon 331; SNG BM Black Sea 413 var. (retrograde EYΦ on rev.); SNG Pushkin 55–6 and 59-63; cf. SNG Stancomb 350; Sutzu II 98–9 var. (gorgoneion with tongue). Good VF, dark green patina.
From the Alex Shubs Collection.