From the Rosen, Abbott, Weber, and Moore Collections
Triton XVII, Lot: 277. Estimate $3000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 550-500 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.74 g). Forepart of horse right / Two incuse square punches of unequal size, both with stellate patterns. Rosen 537 = SNG von Aulock 1621 = Weber 5474 (this coin); SNG Ashmolean –; SNG Copenhagen 30; BMC 1 (same obv. die); Leu 36, lot 161 = NFA XII, lot 67 (same obv. die). VF, toned. Very rare.
From the RAJ Collection. Ex Johnathan P. Rosen Collection (Münzen und Medaillen AG 72, 6 October 1987), lot 256; George Henry Abbott Collection (Glendining, 10 October 1951), lot 270; Sir Hermann Weber Collection, 5474 (Weber’s pedigree to the Yorke Moore sale is apparently erroneous).