Triton XXII, Lot: 160. Estimate $7500. Sold for $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 450-440 BC. Cast Æ (70mm, 158.45 g). Paus(a)-, magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet; to left, dolphin upward / Wheel with four spokes (‘solar disk’); ΠAYΣ within quarters. Karyshkovskij p. 392, Таб. II=B, 1; Anokhin 164; cf. HGC 3, 1883 (smaller denomination); SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Frolova & Abramzon 130–3. VF, thick earthen green patina. Very rare.