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Auction: 3014 - Ancient, English & Foreign Coins & Commemorative Medals
Lot: 74

Lycian Dynasts, Kherei (c. 440-410 B.C.), AR Stater, 8.66g., Xanthos, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. bearded head of satrap right, wearing Persian tiara, between two lines of Lycian legend (= Kherei Arnnahe); all within incuse square (BMC 101 (dies); Schwabacher, Essays to Robinson, pl. 11, 4 (reverse die); Vismara, pl. XVIII, 168-9; cf. Peus 360, April 1999, lot 73 (dies), light scratches on Athena's cheek and the usual minor die-flaw on reverse, very fine, rare Estimate £ 800-1,000

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