Watch List notes:

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Ddenewele. Circa 420/10-400 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 8.51 g, 12h). Xanthos mint(?). Bearded head right, wearing kyrbasia / Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with spiral palmette and three olive leaves; DDENEVEL (in Lycian) around; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Tissaphernes 7 (this coin); Falghera –; Reuter –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 461 var. (letter on obv.); SNG von Aulock 4180 (same dies); Leu 20, lot 140 (same obv. die); Leu 18, lot 222 (same dies, but letter added to bottom of rev. die). EF, attractively toned, some die wear, a few light marks under tone. Very rare.


From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Peus 407 (7 November 2012), lot 754; Peus 366 (29 October 2000), lot 207; Tissaphernes Hoard.