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Triton XX, Lot: 319. Estimate $3000.
Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.54 g, 12h). Telmessos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with spiral palmette and three olive leaves; TE (in Lycian) between neck guard and crest / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; [KH]ERÊI (in Lycian) before, TELEBEHIHE (in Lycian) behind; all within incuse square. Mørkholm & Zahle II 52 = SNG Copenhagen Supp. 451 var. (letters on obv.); Falghera –; Reuter –; SNG von Aulock 4198 var. (same); Sunrise 79 (same dies); Triton XVIII, lot 683 (same dies). EF, deep cabinet tone. Well centered and struck.


From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Nomos Obolos 1 (8 February 2015), lot 232.