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the trial issue of Croesus discovered by Harlan J.
Berk in the late 1980s, distinguished from the nor-
mal issues by the raised legs of the lion and the bull
and by the wart on the lion’s forehead, which copied
earlier Lydian trites. VF
$45,000
90.
Heavy Gold Stater, 10.78g (10h). Obv: Forepart of
roaring lion with wart on forehead facing forepart
of bull. Rx: Two rough incuse squares. Berk, 100
Greatest Ancient Coins, 2008, p. 13, no. 2. Near
Mint State with luster
$25,000
91.
Heavy Gold Stater, 10.73g (12h). Obv: Forepart of
roaring lion facing forepart of bull. Rx: Two rough
incuse squares.. Berk, 100 Greatest Ancient Coins,
2008, p. 13, no. 2. aVF
$15,000
Unpublished Issue
92.
Pamphylia, Perga.
c. 255-241 BC, Year 6.
Tetradrachm, 15.26g (12h). Obv: Laureate head of
Artemis right, bow and quiver behind neck. Rx:
APTEMIΔOΣ / ΠEPΓAIAΣ Artemis standing left
holding wreath and scepter, at her feet large star,
above the star date C=6. Apparently unpublished
from Year 6, and with star replacing the normal stag
at Artemis’ feet. Old collection toning. VF
$3,000
This coin apparently belongs to Seyrig’s Group
1, which he dates to c. 255-241 BC, Revue
Numismatique 1963, pp. 49-50. Seyrig records
tetradrachms of Years 2, 5, 9-11, and 13, but none
of Year 6 like ours. All of Seyrig’s examples show
a stag at Artemis’ feet, except his no. 21, where a
sphinx replaces the stag. Seyrig knew no coins with
a star replacing the stag, though on his no. 18a a
star appears in the outer right field, behind Artemis
.
93.
Lycia, Trbbenimi.
c. 390-375 BC. Stater, 9.82g
(10h). Obv: Lion’s scalp facing. Rx: Triskeles; small
triskeles in one corner, Lycian inscription around.
Podalia 128-9 var. (same obv. die, different rev.)
Falghera--. SNG von Aulock--. Toned EF
$1,200
Ex CNG E348, 8 April 2015, lot 298
.
94.
Cilicia, Mallus.
c. 420-375 BC. Stater, 10.73g
(10h). Obv: Nude male god with four short, curved
wings, running r. in kneeling position, holding with
both hands solar disk before his body. Rx: Swan
standing l., raising wings. The obverse of this coin
is reasonably complete and clear, but the reverse is
weakly struck as usual. VF/F
$300
Apparently a very rare variant of the obverse type:
usually the god has just two longer and straight
wings, and wears a chiton covering his lower torso
and legs, as in the illustration for Sear 5559. Our
variant with the naked god with four curved wings
is not in BMC, Babelon’s Traité, SNG Aulock,
SNG Levante or Levante Suppl., SNG Paris,
CoinArchives Pro, or Berk photofile
.
95.
Phoenicia. Tyre. Azemilkos.
349-332 BC. Shekel,
8.86g (12h). Phoenicia, Tyre, Year 10 = 340/339
BC. Obv: Melqart holding bow and riding hippo-
camp right above dolphin in waves. Rx: Owl stand-
ing right, head facing, holding flail and crook; date
ΛO in right field. Elayi & Elayi -T - (O53/R186).
Betlyon 37. About EF
$1,250