Triton XV, Lot: 1246. Estimate $1500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SATRAPS of CARIA. Hekatomnos. Circa 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (23mm, 14.65 g, 1h). Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys in right hand, left hand on staff set on ground to right / Lion at bay right; EKATOMNΩ above; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 2 (A1/P1 – this coin); Karl 3; Traité II 83; SNG Kayhan 868–9 var. (round incuse); SNG von Aulock 2354 var. (same); SNG Copenhagen –. Good VF, toned. Well centered and struck on a broad flan. Rare as such.

From the Deyo Collection. Ex Empire Coins FPL 51 (January 1990), no. 51; Superior (9 December 1989), lot 2685; Numismatic Fine Arts XI (8 December 1982), lot 191.

Hecatomnus records the coin’s weight from the NFA sale, but it is incorrect.