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22 October 2013
Zunfthaus zur Saffran, Zürich
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Estimate: 10000 CHF
Hammer Price:  8500 CHF
Lot 197

DYNASTS OF LYCIA. Perikles, Circa 380-360 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 9.76 g, 9 h), Antiphellos, c. 380-375. Bearded head of Perikle facing, turned slightly to left and with his hair in dramatic disarray. Rev. PARIKLA VÄHÑTÄZ, (in Lycian script). Warrior, nude but for his helmet, advancing right, brandishing sword with his right hand and holding oval shield with his left; to right, above, triskeles; to right, below, whelk. Olçay-Mørkholm 397-401, A1-P3 (same dies). A rare variety. Toned and with a splendid portrait. Some striking flatness, otherwise. Extremely fine.

From the B. in B. Collection, ex Bank Leu 30, 28 April 1982, 194 and from the Podalia Hoard of 1957.

Online bidding closes: 22 Oct 2013, 00:00:00 CEST Current Date & Time: 1 Jul 2025, 01:56:51 CEST Remaining Time: Closed Hammer Price:8500 CHF
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