Ex Vogel, Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett, and Imhoof-Blumer

Triton XIX, Lot: 2112. Estimate $10000. Sold for $30000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Ophellas. Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. AV Stater (18.5mm, 8.61 g, 11h). Polianthes, magistrate. Nike, holding kentron in right hand, reins in both, driving slow quadriga half-right; KYPANAION above / Zeus Ammon standing half-left, holding phiale in extended right hand, lotus-tipped scepter in left; thymiaterion to left, ΠOΛIANΘEYΣ to right. Naville 87k (this coin); SNG Copenhagen 1210; BMC –; Boston MFA 1325 = Warren 1346; Jameson 1353 (all from the same dies). EF. Pleasant surfaces. Rare.

From the collection of Dr. Lawrence A. Adams, purchased from Classical Numismatic Group, December 1992. Ex Leu 42 (12 May 1987), lot 389; Leu 28 (5 May 1981), lot 227; Ars Classica XVII (3 October 1934), lot 653; Hermann Vogel Collection (A. Hess 194, 25 March 1929), lot 483; Duplicates from the Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett (A. Hess, 7 October 1907), lot 654; Dr. Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer Collection.