Ancients
BLACK SEA REGION. Olbia. Ca. 350-330 BC. Cast AE (60mm, 92.94 gm, 12h). Choice VF. Female head (Demeter?) facing, wreathed with grain ears, triangular chin and protruding tongue / ΟΛΒΙΗ, eagle standing right, wings spread, head left, on back of dolphin right; ΘΕΟ below. Anokhin 242–3 variant (exergue inscription, grain ear on reverse). Published by P. Nicorescu in "Un Nouvel Aes Grave Olbien" in Dacia: Recherches Et Decouvertes Archeologiques En Roumanie (Bucarest, 1932). Extremely rare! Reddish-brown patina. Includes original publication with lot.
HID02901242017
Estimate: 3000-4000 USD