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(BC 520-480) Uncertain Dynast - 1/2 Stater?894 viewsca 521-478 BC. AR Drachm (4.12g, 14mm). Forepart of winged bull right / Quadripartite incuse square divided diagonally. Good VF, lightly toned. Extremely rare. Ex Leu 65 (5/1996), lot 202.
Leu sale attributed this issue to an uncertain mint in Ionia, noting the similarity of the style to the archaic issues of Klazomenai that feature a winged boar forepart. It is also similar in style to various winged boar foreparts on contemporary issues at Mytilene. While agreeing with these comparisons, the weight of this example and its diagonally divided incuse are more consistent with issues of Lesbos than Ionia. The bull is also a common type used at Mytilene, but relatively rare among issues in Ionia. Finally, in addition to using winged boars, Mytilene used winged lions, so the appearance of a winged bull would not be surprising (especially as all motifs are common in eastern/Persian art). So, while the attribution to Mytilene is conjectural, the preponderance of the evidence weighs greater in its favor than than to a mint in Ionia.07/03/12 at 23:53Dimitry: Compare to #9210; tentatively placing both in Lykian Dynasts
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Korydalla (AD 238-244) AE 33 - Gordian III421 viewsGordian III, 238-244 AD. AE33 (19.02g). ΑΥ Κ ÎœAP ΑÎΤ ΓΟΡΔΙΑÎΟC CΕΒA; laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / KOPYΔAΛΛEWN; Zeus seated left, holding Nike on globe and scepter. Apparently unpublished.06/21/12 at 02:11Dimitry: Thanks Gert for uploading the first coin of Korydalla on AMC
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Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol624 viewsca 440/30-410 BC. AR Diobol (12mm, 1.17g, 4h). Helmeted head of Athena right / Eagle standing left, diskeles to left; all in pelleted circle within circular incuse. VF, obverse double struck. Very rare.09/01/10 at 19:51Dimitry: CNG identified this as a Kherei emission from Xanthos.
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Patara (BC 410-380) Diobol736 viewsca 450-430 BC. AR Diobol (1.11g). Helmeted head of Athena right / Head of Hermes right, wearing winged petasos; caduceus to right, diskeles to left; all within dotted circle incuse. Superb EF, obverse slightly double struck. Ex Triton IV (12/2000), lot 284.
Both Tlos and Patara struck coins with similar designs, this coin though lacks any identifying inscription.07/22/10 at 00:02Dimitry: Although CNG dated this to mid-5th century, it seems more appropriate in early 4th.
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(BC 440-425) Kheriga - Stater1274 viewsKheriga, Dynast, ca 440-425 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 8.25g, 3h). Two cocks facing one another within round shield / "kheriga" in Lycian script around, owl standing left, head facing; all within dotted incuse square. VF. Possibly unique.07/16/08 at 00:06Dimitry: Lanz identified this Dynast as Kherei, but Kheriga seems to be more correct
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(BC 390-370) Mithrapata - Stater873 viewsMithrapata, Dynast, ca 380-375 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 9.64g, 4h). Facing lion's scalp / Triskeles; ΜΕΧΡΡ-ΠΡΤΡ; in left field, head of Herakles 3/4 to left, wearing lion's skin headdress, club to right; all within incuse square. Superb EF, struck with worn obverse die. Rare.06/23/06 at 14:36Anon: Note that this coin has been reported as stolen from the mail by Barry Murphy of VCoins. If this co...
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