Ex de Guermantes Collection
Triton XIX, Lot: 2110. Estimate $15000. Sold for $65000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 331-322 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.56 g, 9h). Jason, magistrate. Nike standing in facing quadriga; KYPANAI-ΩN in exergue and lower right / Zeus Lykeios seated half-left on throne, holding scepter in right hand, left arm resting on throne back; IAΣONOΣ to left; to right, eagle standing right on branch. Naville 24; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 108a = Hunterian 4; Boston MFA 1320 = Warren 1350; Hermitage Sale II 1602 (all from same dies). EF, insignificant die break in field on obverse. Excellent surfaces.
From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams. Ex de Guermantes Collection (Leu 86, 5 May 2003), lot 464.