Triton XX, Lot: 85. Estimate $10000. Sold for $27500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 460-450 BC. Cast Æ (76.5mm, 261 g). Paus(a)-, magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing crested Attic helmet; to left, dolphin upward; all within incuse circle / Wheel with four spokes (‘solar disk’); EΠI ΠAV[Σ] (retrograde) around rim of wheel. Karyshkovskij –; V&K –; Anokhin 161 var. (legend not retrograde); SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Frolova & Abramzon –; Sutzu II –; Triton XVI, lot 24. Good VF, dark green surfaces, some patches of hard green encrustation. Very rare.