SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.02 g, 11h). Halikarnassos mint. EF.Triton XXVII Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver Sold For $ 4 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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SATRAPS of CARIA. Pixodaros. Circa 341/0-336/5 BC. AR Didrachm (19.5mm, 7.02 g, 11h). Halikarnassos mint. Head of Apollo facing slightly right, wearing laurel wreath, drapery at neck / Zeus Labraundos standing right, wearing chiton and himation at his waist and wrapped around his left arm, holding labrys and inverted spear; ΠIΞOΔAPOY to right. Konuk, Identities 30; Babelon, Perses 414–21; HN Online 241; SNG Keckman 280; SNG von Aulock 2375–6; Pixodarus Hoard 12 (A1/P2). Light iridescent tone over lustrous surfaces, small flan flaw in field on reverse. EF. Struck from fresh dies, with exceptional detail showing all the veins each of the laurel leaves. |