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obolos 16  11 Oct 2020
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Lot 890

Starting price: 1000 CHF
Price realized: 1800 CHF
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CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 440-390 BC. Stater (Silver, 20 mm, 10.98 g). Bearded male diety (Kronos?), with four wings, in the running-kneeling position to left, holding a solar disc with both hands. Rev. ΜΑΡΛΟ Swan with closed wings walking to right; perched on his back to right, sea eagle with its head bent down to right. SNG France 375-376 (same obverse die). Traité 1394, pl. CXXXVII, 20. Very rare and attractive. Struck from slightly worn dies, otherwise, about extremely fine.



Apparently the city of Mallos was originally called Marlotas, and may well have had a significant Phoenician connection. The god on the obverse is identified with the Titan Kronos, but was probably originally a version of the Semitic deity El.
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