Watch List notes:

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 410-390 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.52 g, 3h). Telmessos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet decorated with spiral palmette and three olive leaves; TE (in Lycian) between neck guard and crest / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; KHERÊI (in Lycian) before, [TE]LEBEHIHE (in Lycian) behind; all within incuse square. Mørkholm & Zahle II 52 = SNG Copenhagen Supp. 451 var. (letters on obv.); Falghera –; Reuter –; SNG von Aulock 4198 var. (same); Sunrise 79 (this coin). EF, lightly toned, some die wear on obverse. Very rare variety.


From the Sunrise Collection, purchased from A.H. Baldwin & Sons. Ex Stack's (22 April 2009), lot 1145.