Triton XVIII, Lot: 585. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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AEOLIS, Kyme. Circa 155-143 BC. AR Tetradrachm (33mm, 16.70 g, 12h). Stephanophoric type. Seuthes, magistrate. Head of the Amazon Kyme right, wearing taenia / Horse prancing right; one-handled cup below raised foreleg; KYMAIΩN to right, ΣEYΘHΣ below; all within laurel wreath. Cf. Oakley obv. die 62; SNG von Aulock 1640; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 79. EF, toned, a little die wear. Fine style.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group 70 (21 September 2005), lot 212.
Although the dies of this coin are not recorded by Oakley, they are very similar to Oakley's dies 62/a.