Triton XVIII, Lot: 553. Estimate $10000. Sold for $16000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYCLADES, Naxos. Circa 520/15-490/70 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 12.07 g). Kantharos with ivy leaf finial on lid, grape bunches hanging from handles / Quadripartite incuse square. Sheedy Series II, 15c (O9/R14 – this coin); Nicolet-Pierre, Naxos I 16; HGC 6, 624; BMC 4 (same obv. die); Nanteuil 997 = Weber 4860 (same obv. die). Near EF, toned, cleaning marks on obverse. Rare.

From the RAJ Collection. Ex LHS 102 (29 April 2008), lot 244; Leu 81 (16 May 2001), lot 227.