Triton XVI, Lot: 158. Estimate $100. Sold for $300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Chersonesos. Circa AD 253-268. Æ (20mm, 3.49 g, 6h). ЄΛЄYΘ-ЄPAC, laureate and draped bust of Chersonas right; lyre to right / [XЄPC]O-NHC-OY, Athena Parthenos standing facing, head right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; to left, forepart of stag left, head right. Anokhin 917 var. (legend breaks); Anokhin,
Khersonesa 306 var. (same); SNG Pushkin 747–8 var. (same); SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II –. VF, green patina.
From the Alex Shubs Collection.