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Auction X  27 September 2015
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Lot 513

Estimate: 5000 GBP
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Satraps of Karia, Hekatomnos AR Tetradrachm. Mylasa, circa 380 BC. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys in right hand, left hand on staff set on ground to right / Lion at bay right; [EKAT]O[MNΩ] above; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 16 (A3/P8) = Sunrise 76 (this coin); Konuk, Identities 15; Karl 3; Traité II 82. 14.78g, 24mm, 8h.

About Extremely Fine. An exceptional example of this type, of which this is the finest example offered at auction in the past fifteen years. Rare.

Ex Christie's New York, 2 May 1989, lot 702;
Ex Kovacs XI, 21 November 1988, lot 102;
Ex Empire Coins FPL 42 (undated), no. 27;
Ex Sternberg VIII, 16 November 1978, lot 126;
From the Hecatomnus Hoard, c.1977 (CH V, 17; CH VIII, 96; and CH IX, 387).
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