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Triton XVIII Sessions 1 & 2  6 January 2015
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Lot 688

Estimate: 3000 USD
Price realized: 13 000 USD
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CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.41 g, 9h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left / Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion; MAΛ and club to left. Casabonne Type 7; SNG France 398; SNG Levante Supp. 24 = Waddington 4358 (this coin, illustrated); SNG von Aulock 5718 (same rev. die); Sunrise 87 (same rev. die); Weber 7566 (same rev. die). Near EF, darkly toned, a little off center. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives.


From the Edoardo Levante Collection. Deaccessioned from the Départment des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques, Bibliothèque Nationale de France. Ex William-Henri Waddington Collection.
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