CNG 99, Lot: 145. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SIKYONIA, Sikyon. Circa 431-400 BC. AR Stater (23mm, 12.19 g, 9h). Chimaera advancing right; ΣE below / Dove flying right; bow above tail feathers; all within olive wreath. BCD Peloponnesos 193 var. (bow facing opposite direction) and 202.1 (ΣΕ above chimaera); Traité III 776, pl. CCXX, 15 = BMC 65 (same dies); HGC 5, 188 corr. (incorrect photo and citation). Good VF, attractively toned, old scratches under tone, minor obverse die rust.

From the Patrick H. James Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 76/1 (12 September 2007), lot 531; BCD Collection.