CILICIA. Mallos. Tiribazos, satrap of Lydia, 388-380 BC. Stater (Silver, 21 mm, 10.00 g, 1 h). Head of Aphrodite to right, wearing pendant earring and pearl necklace and with her hair bound by an ampyx in the front and a sphendone in the back. Rev. MAΛ Idealized satrapal head to right, wearing kyrbasia bound with a taenia. Casabonne Series 2, Group D. SNG Levante 150-2. SNG Paris 391-4. Weiser, Kyros, pl. XX, 37. Lightly toned and with a particularly individual portrait. Faint cleaning scratches on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.


For a note on the satrapal portraits, see below, lot 246.