40 / 184
1110
Lycian Dynasts. Trbbenimi. Silver Stater (9.79 g), ca. 390-370 BC. Limyra. Facing lion’s scalp. Rev. Triskeles;
small triskeles in one corner; all within incuse square. (Falghera -; cf. Podalia 128-9 (same obv. die, diff. rev.);
SNG Copenhagen Suppl. -; SNG von Aulock -). Lightly toned. Wonderful full flan. Extremely fine. $ 1,500
ex CNG 99 (13 May 2015), lot 296.
1111
Lycian Dynasts. Perikles. Silver
⅓
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 Traité II 494; otherwise unpublished).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.
$ 500
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on this specimen appears to be new and possibly unpublished.
1112
Lycia, Xanthos (as Arñna). Silver Stater (8.31 g), ca. 450-430/20 BC. Head right, wearing satrapal
headdress. Rev. Laureate head of Apollo right; behind, diskeles; all in dotted circular border within incuse
circle. (cf. Falghera 143=SNG von Aulock 4197; Roma IX, 379; otherwise unpublished). Well struck.
Extremely fine.
$ 3,000
The Lycian city of Xanthos (Arñna in Lycian) had a tragic early history. When faced with the superior Persian forces of Harpagos in
540 BC, the Xanthians reportedly destroyed their acropolis, killed their wives and children, and then undertook a suicidal attack on
the Persians. The entire population was destroyed except for 80 families who were away from their city at the time of this calamity.
When the families that were away at the time of the city’s destruction returned, they rebuilt Xanthos and became subjects of the
Persian Great Kings, but the city was destroyed once again sometime between 475 and 470 BC, caught in the middle of the conflict
between the Greek cities led by Athens and Persia. This coin, struck after Xanthos was again restored, reflects the city’s sometimes
precarious position between the Greek and Persian cultural and political spheres. The obverse depicts a male head wearing a Persian
satrapal headdress, possibly representing the satrap of Lycia, while the reverse depicts Apollo, the Greek God par excellence.