Lot 1111
Lycian Dynasts. Perikles. Silver 1/3 Stater (2.97 g), ca. 380-360 BC. Facing lion's scalp. Rev. Triskeles; in upper field, dolphin right; in lower left field, draped bust of Apollo(?) facing slightly left; all within incuse square. (cf. SNG Keckman 495; cf. Traité II 494; otherwise unpublished). Luster still present. About extremely fine. Estimate $500UP
Ex Roma E17 (25 April 2015), lot 341.
Perikles (Perikle in Lycian) was the last of the Lycian dynasts subject to the Great Kings of Persia. He ruled parts of eastern Lycia, but when the Great Satraps' Revolt broke out against Artaxerxes II in 366 BC, he joined the rebellion, which was ultimately crushed in 360 BC. Although this lion's skin and triskeles type is known with the facing head as a control symbol, the addition of the dolphin on this specimen appears to be new and possibly unpublished.
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