One of Two Known

Triton XVI, Lot: 84. Estimate $300. Sold for $420. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Tyra. Circa 210-200 BC. Æ (15mm, 2.18 g, 1h). Head of Tyche left, wearing mural crown and veil / Lion seated right, head left; T-Y/P-A in two lines across field. Anokhin 39 (this coin illustrated); Zograph, Tyra –; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II –. Fine, rough dark brown patina. Extremely rare, one of only two known.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.

The other example of this type is only known from a line-drawing in P.O. Karyshkovskij & I.B. Kleiman, Old City Tyra (Kiev, 1985), p. 158.