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Auction 12 11 January 2015
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Lycia. Kherei. c. 410-390 BC. Stater, 8.58g (6h). TelmessosObv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: KHERI TELEBHE in Lycian letters, Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, all within incuse square. Mørkholm and Zahle, Acta Archaeologica 47 (1976), p. 52, 52 [sic], pl. III. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 451. Toned EF
Ex Helianthus annuus Collection
After the Lycian dynast Kheriga's death, Kherei usurped his throne and expelled the rightful heir Erbbina. On Kherei's life and career, see P. Thonemann in J. Ma et al. (eds.), Interpreting the Athenian Empire (London 2009), pp. 167-194, and K. Konuk in O. Tekin (ed.), Festschrift E. Bosch (Istanbul 2009), p. 197
Ex Helianthus annuus Collection
After the Lycian dynast Kheriga's death, Kherei usurped his throne and expelled the rightful heir Erbbina. On Kherei's life and career, see P. Thonemann in J. Ma et al. (eds.), Interpreting the Athenian Empire (London 2009), pp. 167-194, and K. Konuk in O. Tekin (ed.), Festschrift E. Bosch (Istanbul 2009), p. 197