(BC 450-420) Sppntaza - Stater

Sppntaza, Dynast, late 5th century BC. AR Stater (10.06g). Phellos (?) mint. Head of Aphrodite (?) left, small A on cheek / Lycian legend (â€˜Sppntazaâ€™), tetraskeles, all within a dotted square within an incuse square. Broad flan, toned, EF. Rare. Prospero coll.; ex G. Durufle Coll., Rollin & Feuardent, Paris (5/1910), 578; ex â€˜Kunstfreundâ€™ Coll., Bank Leu AG & MÃ¼nzen und Medaillen AG, Zurich (5/1974), 167; ex Spink Auction 65, London (10/1988), 75.

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City/Mint name:	Dynasts of Lykia
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	SNG von Aulock 4164 (these dies); Vismara II, 135; BMC 95; Babelon, TraitÃ© 337
Valuation:	NY Sale Auc. XXVII (1/2012), lot 573 ($32,500 + comm)
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