Among the Finest

Sale: Triton XIII, Lot: 205. Estimate $10000.  Closing Date: Monday, 4 January 2010.  Sold For $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Knidos. Circa 350-330/20 BC. AR Tetradrachm (14.85 g, 12h). Autokrates, magistrate. Head of Aphrodite right, wearing stephane, triple-pendant earring, and necklace / Head and foreleg of lion right; AYTOKPATHΣ above, KNI below. Ashton, Late 12 var. (A-/P12 [unlisted obv. die]); SNG Keckman -; SNG von Aulock -; SNG Copenhagen -; BMC -; Waddington 2322; Giessener Münzhandlung 60, lot 213 (same rev. die). Superb EF, darkly toned, slight die shift on reverse, a hint of die rust. Very rare, and apparently the third known with this magistrate. Among the finest of this type.