Very Rare Aspendos Stater

200, Lot: 60. Estimate $300. Sold for $533. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

PAMPHYLIA, Aspendos. Circa 465-430 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 10.78 g, 2h). Hoplite advancing right, holding spear and shield; turtle between legs; c/m: lion’s head right / Triskeles over lion crouching left; turtle to upper right; all within incuse square. SNG France 13 var. (no turtle on obv. or rev.); SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock 4484. VF, toned, light porosity. Very rare issue.

From the Norman Frank Collection.