Skythia, Olbia Æ23. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. Radiate head of Helios facing; OΛBI of undertype above / ΟΛ below two horse foreparts conjoined; (overstruck on Borythenes/axe and bow type). SNG Stancomb 420 (this coin); cf. SNG Moskau, SHM 1844-6; HGC 3.2, 1892. 7.39g, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very Rare.
From the William Stancomb Collection; this coin published in Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Great Britain, Volume XI, The William Stancomb Collection of Coins of the Black Sea Region (Oxford, 2000);
Acquired from Spink & Son Ltd., 1984.
Price realized | 120 GBP |
Starting price | 120 GBP |
Estimate | 200 GBP |