Superb Artistic Fraction

Sale: Triton X, Lot: 372. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 8 January 2007.  Sold For $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

DYNASTS of LYCIA. Perikles and Vedrei. Circa 380-370 BC. AR 1/6 Stater (1.24 g, 2h). Lion right, attacking bull standing left; ‘WEDEWIE’ in Lycian around / Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Corinthian helmet. Falghera 214; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 481; BMC -; SNG von Aulock 4247-8. EF, attractive even gray toning with golden hues, a hint of die rust on obverse. A superb example.

From the David Herman Collection. Ex Tkalec (18 February 2002), lot 85 (4200 CHF hammer).