88. SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 437-410 BC. Cast Æ (69.5mm, 129 g, 1h). Facing gorgoneion / Sea eagle flying right, wings spread, holding in its talons a dolphin right; Å-r-5-c around. Karyshkovskij p. 395, Таб. III=B, 2; V&K –; Anokhin 168; SNG BM Black Sea 383; SNG Pushkin 38–42; SNG Stancomb 343; Frolova & Abramzon 156–8; Sutzu II 95–6. Good VF, green-brown patina, patch of slight roughness on reverse. ($2000)
89. SKYTHIA, Olbia. Circa 350-330 BC. Cast Æ (72mm, 109 g, 12h). Head of Demeter facing, wearing grain-ear wreath and necklace / Sea eagle standing right, wings spread and head left, on dolphin right; o¬∫5˙ to upper left, grain ear below. Karyshkovskij p. 403, Таб. VII=C, 1–2; V&K pl. 86, 1 var. (rev. type left); Anokhin 242–3; SNG BM Black Sea 393; SNG Pushkin 97; SNG Stancomb –; Frolova & Abramzon 235; Sutzu II –. Good VF, gray-green patina. Rare. ($3000)
90. THRACE, Abdera. Circa 475-450 BC. AR Tetradrachm (28mm, 14.20 g). Smor–, magistrate. Griffin with curved wing seated left, raising left forepaw; s-Âor clockwise around from upper left; to lower left, potbellied satyr dancing facing, head right / Quadripartite incuse square. May, Abdera, Group III, 108 (A94/P88); AMNG II 29; SNG Copenhagen 309 (same rev. die); SNG Lockett 1113 (same dies); BMC 5 (same dies); Traité IV pl. CCCXXXII, 5 (same dies). Good VF, toned, slightly granular, minor surface flaws. Rare issue, only eleven examples recorded by May, and this piece is one of only two in CoinArchives. ($2000) From the L. Shea Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 66 (19 May 2004), lot 313.
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