Triton XVIII, Lot: 37. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

SATRAPS of CARIA. Hekatomnos. Circa 392/1-377/6 BC. AR Tetradrachm (24mm, 14.78 g, 8h). Mylasa mint. Struck circa 380 BC. Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding labrys in right hand, left hand on staff set on ground to right / Lion at bay right; [EKAT]O[MNΩ] above; all within incuse square. Hecatomnus 16 (A3/P8) = Sunrise 76 (this coin); Konuk, Identities 15; Karl 3; Traité II 82. Near EF, lightly toned, faint cleaning marks on obverse. Rare.

From the Sunrise Collection. Ex Christie’s New York (2 May 1989), lot 702; Kovacs XI (21 November 1988), lot 102; Empire Coins FPL 42 (undated), no. 27; Sternberg VIII (16 November 1978), lot 126; Hecatomnus Hoard (CH V, 17; CH VIII, 96; and CH IX, 387).