Triton XVI, Lot: 161. Estimate $200. Sold for $750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

TAURIC CHERSONESOS, Karkinitis. Circa 450-425 BC. Cast Æ (28mm, 1.76 g). Fish with large horizontal K / Arrowhead with central rib. Anokhin 600; Kutajsov Type III; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; V.F. Stolba, “Fish and Money: Numismatic Evidence for Black Sea Fishing” in T. Bekker-Nielsen, ed., Ancient Fishing and Fish Processing in the Black Sea Region (Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2005), 1 (this coin). Good VF, dark brown patina. Rare.

From the Alex Shubs Collection. Ex Giessener Münzhandlung 60 (5 October 1992), lot 180.

Although over 35 of these coins were discovered in the excavations reported by Kutajsov, all of them were sent to museums (Eupatoria, Kiev, Hermitage, and Moscow). Thus, these are extremely rare in trade.