Skythia, Olbia Cast Æ47. Circa 470-460 BC. Paus(a)-, magistrate. Head of Athena left, wearing Attic helmet, dolphin swimming upwards in left field; all within incuse circle / Wheel of four spokes ('solar disk'); retrograde E[ΠI] ΠA[YΣA] around rim of wheel. Cf. Anokhin 160 (larger denomination); Karyshkovskij –; Frolova & Abramzon –; SNG BM Black Sea –; SNG Pushkin –; SNG Stancomb –; Sutzu II –. 76.49g, 47mm.
Near Very Fine; green-brown patina. Extremely Rare, one of only a handful of known examples.
From a private UK collection.