CILICIA, Mallos. Circa 390-385 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.18 g, 12h). Persian king, wearing kidaris and kandys, in kneeling-running stance right, holding spear in right hand, bow in left; barley grain to left / Herakles wrestling with the Nemean Lion; M[AΛ] and club to left. Casabonne Type 7; SNG BN 398; SNG Levante Supp. 24 = Waddington 4358 (same rev. die); SNG von Aulock 5718 (same dies); Gillet 1165 (this coin); Pozzi 2825 (same dies); Weber 7566 (same dies). Toned, some die wear and marks, a little off center on reverse. Good VF.
Ex Leu 76 (17 October 1999), lot 211; Charles Gillet (†1972) Collection.
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