Portraits of Mithrapata

Triton XVI, Lot: 511. Estimate $7500. Sold for $6300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Mithrapata. Circa 390-370 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.67 g, 8h). Forepart of lion right / Head of Mithrapata left; MI-THRA-PATA in Lycian around, triskeles to lower right; all within incuse square. Mildenberg, Mithrapata 3 (O2/R2); Podalia 37–50 (A2/P2); Reuter 98 (same obv. die); SNG von Aulock 4237 (same dies); Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 472 var. (arrangement of letters); Boston MFA Supp. 228 (same obv. die); ACGC 989 (same dies). Near EF, attractively toned, a couple insignificant die breaks. Very rare.

Ex Morton & Eden 51 (24 October 2011), lot 163; Spink & Galerie des Monnaies (15 February 1977), lot 141 and front cover.