Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XVIII 29 Sep 2019
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Cilicia, Mallos-Soloi AR Mule Stater. Circa 440-400 BC. Bearded male deity with two pairs of wings in kneeling-running stance to left, holding solar disc with both hands / ΣΟΛΕΩΝ, large bunch of grapes with stalk; to right, laurel branch; all within border of dots in an incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references. For Mallos see: SNG France 376; CNG e-sale 438, 2019, 168 (same die); for Soloi see: Nomos 18, 2019, 201 (same die). 10.77g, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
The existence of a numismatic mule from two different issuing authorities in Cilicia - Mallos and Soloi - indicates that there was close collaboration between the mints. There is the distinct possibility that there was a central die production entity, possibly at the Tarsos mint, half way between Soloi to the west and Mallos to the east, that distributed dies or produced silver staters for various poleis and in this case, coupled the wrong dies.
Extremely Fine. Apparently unique and unpublished.
From the inventory of a UK dealer.
The existence of a numismatic mule from two different issuing authorities in Cilicia - Mallos and Soloi - indicates that there was close collaboration between the mints. There is the distinct possibility that there was a central die production entity, possibly at the Tarsos mint, half way between Soloi to the west and Mallos to the east, that distributed dies or produced silver staters for various poleis and in this case, coupled the wrong dies.