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Search Advanced Search Search By Coin ID     Home ANCIENT/BYZANTINE Ancient Spain (872) Byzantine (753) MEDIEVAL/EARLY WORLD Germany (30) MODERN WORLD COUNTERFEITS AND IMITATIONS   Submit New Coin(s)   Sponsors page Terms of Service Contact Us About Us FAQ Page Coin Detail Click here to see enlarged image. ID:     74000374      [UNVERIFIED] Type:     Greek Region:     CILICIA City:     Issus Metal:     Silver Denomination:     Stater Struck / Cast:     struck Date Struck:     BC Circa 380-370 Weight:     10.28 g Die Axis:     12 h Obverse Description:     Head of Athena facing slightly left, wearing triple-crested Attic helmet Reverse Description:     Head of young Herakles(?) left Primary Reference:     Brindley, Reference2:     Robinson, "A Stater of Issos," NC 1949, P. 119 (same dies) Reference3:     otherwise unpublished in the standard references Photograph Credit:     Classical Numismatic Group Source:     http://www.cngcoins.com/Coin.aspx?CoinID=96787 Grade:     Good VF, lightly toned, struck with worn obverse die, two flan cracks, overstruck on uncertain undertype Notes:     Sale: Triton X, Lot: 374 Extremely rare issue, only four recorded by Brindley. From the David Herman Collection. Ex Triton VIII (11 January 2005), lot 504.Other than the Robinson specimen, the three previously known examples appeared at auction: Lanz 32 (29 April 1985), lot 282; Numismatic Fine Arts 23 (14 December 1989), lot 617; and Hess-Leu (12-13 April 1962), lot 323. All were struck from the same pair of dies.

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