Roma Numismatics Ltd
Auction XXII 7-8 Oct 2021
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Cilicia, Soloi AR Stater. Balakros, satrap of Cilicia under Alexander III. Circa 333-323 BC. Facing bust of Athena, draped, wearing triple-crested helmet and necklace / Baaltars seated to left on throne, torso facing, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand, left hand holding chlamys at his waist; grain ear and grape bunch to left, Σ-O below and above strut under throne. Traité II, 725 = SNG BnF 196; SNG Levante 52 (same rev. die); Sunrise 145 (same rev. die). 11.03g, 24mm, 2h.
Near Mint State; attractive light cabinet tone with iridescent flashes, a superb example of the type.
This coin published in H.B. Andersen, Apollo to Apollo: The Hunt for the Divine and Eternal Beauty (2019);
From the Apollo to Apollo Collection;
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 414, 23 April 2015, lot 103;
Ex G.K. Collection, Hess-Divo AG, Auction 307, 7 June 2007, lot 1291;
Ex Auctiones AG, Auction 18, 21 September 1989, lot 822.
Near Mint State; attractive light cabinet tone with iridescent flashes, a superb example of the type.
This coin published in H.B. Andersen, Apollo to Apollo: The Hunt for the Divine and Eternal Beauty (2019);
From the Apollo to Apollo Collection;
Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger, Auction 414, 23 April 2015, lot 103;
Ex G.K. Collection, Hess-Divo AG, Auction 307, 7 June 2007, lot 1291;
Ex Auctiones AG, Auction 18, 21 September 1989, lot 822.