New Type Combination for Mithrapata

CNG 99, Lot: 301. Estimate $500. Sold for $1000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Mithrapata. Circa 390-370 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 9.66 g). Forepart of lion right / Head of Mithrapata left; MITH-RAP-ATA in Lycian around; all within incuse square. Unpublished, but cf. Mildenberg, Mithrapata, obv. die 1. Near EF, double struck on obverse. Apparently unique.

The obverse of Mithrapata’s staters feature either a lion forepart in profile or a facing lion scalp. Previously, all the known coins with the lion forepart obverse were paired with the profile of Mithrapata reverse. Triskeles reverses were only known with obverses with the facing lion scalp. The present coin is the first to feature the profile lion obverse with a triskeles reverse.