MDC Monnaies de Collection
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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195
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ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
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Estimate €400
Voluntary lot
Description
ANCIENT GREECE - GREEK
Lycia, Xanthe (Xanthos). Hemiobol or tetartemorion ND (c. 360 BC), Xanthe (Xanthos).
Obverse: Lion’s head facing right, with open mouth.
Reverse: P – Υ – Ξ (letters a, g and n in Lycian). Astragalus.
Müseler/Nollé VIII, 83 - Nomos AG 29, “Collection sans pareille”, no. 878; Silver – 0.34 g – 8.5 mm – 6 h
Minted under Mausolus? On a wide flan for this type, barely cracked. Powerful strike with good centring. Beautiful antique patina. One of the finest known examples. Rare. Superb.
Xanthe was one of the principal city-states of Lycia, founded by Greek colonists in the 8th century BC. The earliest coins (with the legend KYB) were struck by Kybernis around 520 BC. His successor, Kuprlli, struck coins in Lycian, a language known chiefly from inscriptions found at Xanthos. Around 370 BC, Pericles of Limyra ascended the throne and was the last to mint coins with Lycian inscriptions (Jenkins p.159). His revolt against the Persian satraps led to the intervention of Mausolus of Caria
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