Nomos 34

CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.39 g, 2 h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, moving to right in the kneeling-running stance, holding a transverse spear with its point downwards in his right hand, and a bow with his left; in the field to left, barley grain. Rev. ΜΑΛ Herakles, standing facing, strangling the Nemean Lion, which he holds against his right leg; in the field to left, club with its head resting on the ground. Casabonne Type 7. Comparette (this coin). Nanteuil 526 (this coin). SNG Levante Supp. 24 = Waddington 4358 (same dies). SNG Paris 398 (same dies). SNG von Aulock 5718 (same reverse die). Weber 7566 (this coin). Beautifully toned, well-struck and of fine style. Die fault on the obverse and minor die rust on the reverse, otherwise, about extremely fine.

Property of a Late Collector, and from the collections of H. de Nanteuil, Bank Leu 30, 28 April 1982, 195, C. S. Bement, Naville VII, 23 June 1924, 1616, and Sir H. Weber, who acquired it from J.P. Lambros in Athens in 1884.