CNG 103, Lot: 332. Estimate $1000. Sold for $800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Arttumpara. Circa 390-370 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 8.25 g, 9h). Xanthos mint(?). Forepart of lion right / Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing necklace; diskeles above; all in dotted circle within incuse circle. Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. –; Traité II 501; SNG von Aulock –; CNG 99, lot 299 (same obv. die). Good VF, toned, struck from a very worn obverse die. Very rare.

Although this issue is anepigraphic, the present and CNG 99 coins are struck from the same obverse die as SNG Copenhagen Supp. 457 = SNG von Aulock 4183, which has a reverse that bears Arttumpara’s name. It should be noted, though, that this obverse die appears to have had details re-engraved before striking the present piece.