Pinara (BC 425-400) Stater - Kherei

Kherei, Dynast, ca 425-400 BC. AR Stater (8.56g, 20mm). Pinara mint. Helmeted head of Athena right, wearing crested Attic helmet, Lycian letters 'KhE' to left / Head of Kherei right, wearing Persian headdress (bashlyk); Lycian letters 'Pillefi' (retrograde) - 'Kherei', within dotted incuse circle. An apparently unrecorded variety of a very rare type. Well struck and centred, EF.

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City/Mint name:	Pinara
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Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Vismara 172 var.; Morkholm-Zahle 45 var. (only Kherei retrograde)
Valuation:	NAC Auc. 27 (5/2004), lot 198 (CHF 2,800 ($2,167) + comm)
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