DYNASTS of LYCIA. Vekhssere I. Circa 450-430/20 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 8.50 g). Uncertain mint (Telmessos?). Figure of Herakles, nude but for lion skin headdress hanging behind him, advancing left, head right, holding club over shoulder in right hand / Triskeles; WEXSSERE in Lycian around, diskeles to lower left; all in dotted square border within incuse square. MAL I Type VII, 27 (D2/R1); Müseler V, 19–20 (same rev. die); Falghera –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. 434 (same dies); BMC 116 (same dies); Traité II 427. Attractively toned, a few faint cleaning marks in field on obverse. Good VF. Artistic obverse type. Very rare, one of only three in CoinArchives.
Ex A. F. Collection (Roma XVI, 26 September 2018), lot 315 (hammer £4200).
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