Triton XIV, Lot: 335. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Kherei. Circa 440/30-410 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.57 g, 6h). Telmessos mint. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet with three olive leaves above the visor and floral ornament on the bowl; Te (in Lycian) behind neck guard / Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin; Kherêi (in Lycian) before, [T]elebehihe (in Lycian) behind; all within incuse square. Mørkholm & Zahle II 52 = SNG Copenhagen Supp. 451 var. (letters on obv.); Reuter -; Falghera -; SNG von Aulock 4198 var. (same); Traité -; BMC -. Good VF, lightly toned. Exceptional portrait of Herakles.

Ex New York Sale XIV (10 January 2007), lot 124.