Ex Photiades Pacha Collection

Triton XVIII, Lot: 552. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Melos. Circa 460-450 BC. AR Stater (18.5mm, 12.43 g). Apple on stem with two leaves / Quadripartite incuse circle, pellets along periphery of quarters. Sheedy Series III, 22a (O18/R17) = Kraay, Melos, p. 19, 3 = Weber 4665 (this coin, illustrated in Sheedy); HGC 6, 789; Jameson 1280 (same rev. die); Hunterian 2. VF, toned, granular surfaces. Very rare.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex Münzen und Medaillen AG 76 (19 September 1991), lot 731; Ars Classica XVI (3 July 1933), lot 1307; Naville IV (17 June 1922), lot 648; Photiades Pacha Collection (Hoffmann, 19 May 1890), lot 1387.