408, Lot: 224. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CILICIA, Soloi. Circa 410-375 BC. Fourrée Stater (21.5mm, 10.08 g, 12h). Helmeted head of Athena left / Grape bunch within linear square. For prototype, cf. SNG BN 164–76 for obverse, 131–2 for reverse. Fine, toned, plating broken in spots, a few light scratches, trace green deposits.
Unusual contemporary counterfeit copying a later obverse type with an earlier reverse type.