Triton XVI, Lot: 55. Estimate $150. Sold for $250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 180-170 BC. Æ (20mm, 8.51 g, 12h). Head of Demeter right, wearing grain ear wreath / Sea eagle standing left on dolphin left; [O]ΛBIO above, BΣE below. Anokhin 480; Karyshkovskij p. 420, Таб. XVIII=C, 3; Frolova & Abramzon 1653–8; SNG BM Black Sea 648–9; SNG Pushkin 352–68; SNG Stancomb 423–4; Sutzu II 203–4. VF, green-brown patina, slight die shift on reverse, reverse a little off center.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

Some of the coins of this type have a control letter on the left side of the reverse. As that portion of the die was not struck up on this example, it is uncertain whether this coin has this feature.