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Web Auction 14  12-13 Dec 2020
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Lot 497

Starting price: 50 CHF
Price realized: 150 CHF
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CILICIA. Uncertain. Balakros (?), satrap of Cilicia, 333-323 BC. Obol (Silver, 10 mm, 0.72 g, 10 h). Youthful male head to left, wearing wreath of grain ears. Rev. Eagle, with spread wings, standing left on the back of lion recumbent left; to left, club above B; all within dotted square. Göktürk -. Savoca Blue Auction 6 (2018), 471. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris -. Very rare with the B on the reverse. Beautifully toned and struck on unusually good silver. The obverse struck somewhat off center, otherwise, about extremely fine.


The B on the reverse of this coin suggests an attribution of the entire series to Balakros, satrap of Cilicia in 333-323 BC.
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