Finest Known from First Dies

CNG 93, Lot: 425. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Oinoanda. Circa 200 BC. AR Didrachm (19mm, 7.92 g, 12h). Laureate head of Zeus right; A and scepter behind / Eagle standing right on winged thunderbolt. Ashton, Oinoanda 1 (A1/P1), otherwise unpublished. EF, dark iridescent toning. Well centered and sharply struck from the first die pairing of the series. Extremely rare and the finest of the four known from these dies.