Leu Numismatik AG
Web Auction 16 22-24 May 2021
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KYRENAICA. Kyrene. Circa 331-322 BC. Stater (Gold, 19 mm, 8.61 g, 11 h), Damonaktos, magistrate. KYPENAIΩN Nike, wearing long robes and holding kentron in her right hand, driving quadriga to right. Rev. ΔAMΩNAKTOΣ Zeus Ammon standing front, holding Nike in his right hand and lotus-tipped scepter in his left; to left, forepart of a ram standing left. BMC 107 (same dies). Jameson 2530 (same dies). Naville 69 (same dies). Very rare. A few light marks, otherwise, very fine.
From the Birger Bentsen Collection of ancient gold coins, ex Numismatica Ars Classica Spring Sale, 25 May 2020, 304 and from the Dr. L.A. Adams Collection, Classical Numismatic Group 100, 7 October 2015, 1613 (with collector's ticket).