Triton XVI, Lot: 62. Estimate $150. Sold for $90. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 90-80 BC. Æ (13mm, 2.31 g, 1h). Head of Apollo right, wearing laurel wreath(?) / Bow in bowcase; two stars and OΛ-BI across field. Anokhin 514; Karyshkovskij p. 423, Таб. XX=C, 18; Frolova & Abramzon 2149–54; SNG BM Black Sea 675–6; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb 446; Sutzu II –. Good VF, dark brown patina.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

All of the references note that the obverse type is a laureate head of Apollo, but the laurel wreath is not visible on any of the published examples, nor the present coin. The style of the portrait is more similar to the representations of Artemis on relatively contemporary issues.