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Research Coins: Feature Auction

 
Sale: Triton IX, Lot: 1063. Estimate $500. 
Closing Date: Monday, 9 January 2006. 
Sold For $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PHILISTO-ARABIAN. Gaza. Circa 375-333 BC. AR Tetartemorion (0.19 g, 8h). Janiform head of Silenos on left, satyr on right / Slinger in throwing stance right; E to left, triskeles to right; all within incuse square. Mildenberg, Gaza -; Rosenberger II -; SNG ANS -; Traité II -. VF. Unique? ($500)

The reverse on this unpublished tetartemorion imitates the reverse type of the early wrestlers-slinger staters of Aspendos, a prolific coinage that was widely circulated.