Noble Numismatics Pty Ltd
Auction 126 23-25 Mar 2021
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LYCIA, Myra, as a member of the Lycian League, (167-100 B.C.), silver drachm, (2.58 g), obv. laureate head of Apollo to right, bow and quiver over shoulder, rev. kithara, M - Y, above **LUKIWN*, winged kerykeion (caduceus) to left, all within incuse square, (cf.S.5311, Troxell ANS MN&M 58, 34, SNG Cop.-, SNG von Aulock -, Leu 7, [lot 256]). Toned, extremely fine and rare.
Ex Nummorum Auctiones, Italo Vecchi Ltd., London Auction Sale 17, 15 December 1999 (lot 328 and illustrated).
Troxell lists only 7 plinthophoric drachms of Myra with the winged caduceus mintmark. Myra was located at the mouth of the river Myros; it was one of the six largest cities of Lycia. In late antiquity it came to promminence as the bishopric of St. Nicholas.
Ex Nummorum Auctiones, Italo Vecchi Ltd., London Auction Sale 17, 15 December 1999 (lot 328 and illustrated).
Troxell lists only 7 plinthophoric drachms of Myra with the winged caduceus mintmark. Myra was located at the mouth of the river Myros; it was one of the six largest cities of Lycia. In late antiquity it came to promminence as the bishopric of St. Nicholas.