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Triton XX, Lot: 320. Estimate $1500.
Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Vekhssere II. Circa 410/00-390/80 BC. AR Third Stater (17.5mm, 3.16 g, 12h). Zagaba mint. Lion scalp facing / Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet, ornate earrings, and necklace with nine pendants; ZAGABAH (in Lycian) to left, monogram to right; all within incuse circle. Cf. Falghera 186; Reuter 128 var. (no monogram); Podalia 21–5 corr. (A5/P5; Zagaba not a dynast); SNG Copenhagen Supp. 469 corr. (same; same dies); SNG von Aulock –; SNG Keckman II –. EF, lightly toned. Well centered and struck. Very rare. Among the finest known.


From the Dr. Patrick H. C. Tan Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Reivew XL.2 (Summer 2015), no. 411492; Nomos Obolos 2 (14 June 2015), lot 128.