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Early Cast Coinage of Olbia

Triton XX, Lot: 84. Estimate $20000.
Sold for $20000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 480-470 BC. Cast Æ (79mm, 369 g). Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet with an H on the bowl; to left, dolphin upward; all within incuse circle / Wheel with four spokes (‘solar disk’). Karyshkovskij –; V&K –; Anokhin 155 var. (no letter on helmet); SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Frolova & Abramzon –; Sutzu II –. Good VF, dark brown patina with patches of red and green encrustation. Extremely rare.