Triton XVII, Lot: 358. Estimate $4000. Sold for $15000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYPRUS, Paphos. Onasioikos. Circa 400 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.03 g, 8h). Bull standing left; winged solar disk above,
ankh to right, “Onasi” in Cypriot above, “basile” in Cypriot below / Eagle flying left; ivy leaf to lower left; all within incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 1 = BMC pl. XXI, 14 = Traité II 1306 (same dies); Tziambazis –; Davis Collection 249 (this coin). Good VF, toned, softly struck on obverse. Very rare.
Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1266 (sold for hammer $11,000, but not paid); Norman Davis Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts XI, 8 December 1982), lot 209.