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Triton XX, Lot: 394. Estimate $5000.
Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

KYRENAICA, Kyrene. Circa 480-435 BC. AR Tetradrachm (29.5mm, 17.03 g, 12h). Silphion plant; barley grain to lower right / Head of Zeus Ammon right within thick circular border; [K]VPANAION around. Apparently unpublished for Kyrene, but cf. BMC pl. XXXIV, 4–6 for these types on tetradrachms of Barke. Near VF, toned, slight bend at lower edge, a little off center on reverse.


From the Collection of a Northern California Gentleman. Ex Freeman & Sear 14 (21 June 2007), lot 294.