Finest of Four Known

Sale: CNG 82, Lot: 663. Estimate $2500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 16 September 2009.  Sold For $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 440/30-410 BC. AR Hemistater – Drachm (4.18 g, 3h). Xanthos mint. Helmeted head of Athena right; symbol behind neck / Head of Kherei right, wearing Persian tiara, within incuse square. Cf. Mørkholm & Zahle II 37-40 (staters and thirds); Falghera -; SNG Copenhagen -; SNG von Aulock -; Leu 83, lot 352 = Peus 360, lot 75 = Lanz 40, lot 340; Hess-Divo 311, lot 421 = Peus 371, lot 181 (same dies); Peus 368, lot 219 (same dies). Good VF, attractive old toning, a hint of porosity, tiny die break on reverse. Well centered and struck. Extremely rare denomination, the fourth and finest known.