Triton XX, Lot: 397. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Ophellas. Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. AV Hemistater – Drachm (14mm, 4.29 g, 12h). Chairios, magistrate. Horseman, petasos hanging from neck, riding right; XAIPIOΣ above / Silphion plant; K-Y/P-A in two lines across field, cicada to lower left. Naville 106; SNG Copenhagen –; BMC 131; Boston MFA 1328; McClean 9943; Pozzi 3275; Weber 8438 (all from the same dies). VF, lightly toned, minor marks. Well struck for issue. Rare.
From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Triton IX (10 January 2006), lot 1085.