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Triton XXIV 19-20 Jan 2021
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PISIDIA, Selge. Circa 400-325 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.80 g, 11h). Two wrestlers grappling; EY between, inverted palmette in exergue / Slinger in throwing stance right; [Σ]EΛΓEYΣ to left, counterclockwise triskeles of legs to right, astragalos between legs; all within dotted square border in shallow incuse square. SNG BN 1923 (same dies); SNG Copenhagen 236 (same dies); SNG von Aulock 5256 (this coin); ACGC 1007 (same obv. die). Beautiful iridescent cabinet tone. Superb EF. Perfectly centered and struck. Certainly the finest known stater of Selge.
Ex Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza & Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan Joint Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA IX, 14 December 2015), lot 64; Nomos FPL (with Classical Numismatic Group, Winter/Spring 2009), no. 85 (at $38,000); Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 359; Sotheby's (5 July 1995), lot 82; Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 131; Hans von Aulock Collection.
Ex Baron Lorne Thyssen-Bornemisza & Dr. Thomas S. Kaplan Joint Collection (Numismatica Genevensis SA IX, 14 December 2015), lot 64; Nomos FPL (with Classical Numismatic Group, Winter/Spring 2009), no. 85 (at $38,000); Leu 83 (6 May 2002), lot 359; Sotheby's (5 July 1995), lot 82; Leu 38 (13 May 1986), lot 131; Hans von Aulock Collection.