Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 119. Estimate $5000. Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005. Sold For $7000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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MACEDON, “Lete”. Circa 525-480 BC. AR Stater (9.80 gm). Ithyphallic satyr grasping hand of fleeing nymph; three pellets around / Diagonally divided incuse square. M. Smith, "The Archaic Coinage of 'Lete'",
Proceedings of the 12th International Numismatic Congress, Group 5; AMNG III 15; SNG ANS 958; Dewing 1022 (same dies). EF, toned. Exceptional specimen, well struck with a fresh obverse die on a flan of good metal. ($5000)
From the William and Louise Fielder Collection.