Triton XVI, Lot: 155. Estimate $150. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Chersonesos. Circa AD 180-190. Æ (19mm, 4.17 g, 1h). XEP, Artemis Parthenos advancing right, holding by its antlers, stag recumbent right, and preparing to strike it with spear she holds in her right hand / ЄΛЄYΘЄPAC, bull butting left. Anokhin 902; Anokhin, Khersonesa –; RPC Online –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II –. Near VF, hard green patina. Very rare, approximately 26 known, 19 of which are in museums.

From the Alex Shubs Collection.