300, Lot: 88. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. temp. Ophellas. Ptolemaic governor, first reign, circa 322-313 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 7.94 g, 12h). Polianthes, magistrate. Nike, driving fast quadriga right, holding kentron and reins / Zeus Ammon standing left, holding patera and lotus-tipped scepter; thymiaterion to left, [Π]OΛIANΘEYΣ to right. Naville 84; Mørkholm, Cyrene, p. 151, no. 23; SNG Copenhagen 1210. Fine, scratch above horses, polished, edges smoothed and rounded for insertion into jewelry. Rare.