Lot 169 - Auction Gemini XII

ULTRA SHARP HERAKLES. Lycia. ...
ULTRA SHARP HERAKLES. Lycia. ...
ULTRA SHARP HERAKLES. Lycia. Kherei. - c. 410-390 BC. Stater, 8.58g (6h). TelmessosObv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: KHERI TELEBHE ... Read more
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ULTRA SHARP HERAKLES.
Lycia. Kherei. - c. 410-390 BC. Stater, 8.58g (6h). TelmessosObv: Helmeted head of Athena right. Rx: KHERI TELEBHE in Lycian letters, Bearded head of Herakles right, wearing lion-skin headdress, all within incuse square. Mørkholm and Zahle, Acta Archaeologica 47 (1976), p. 52, 52 [sic], pl. III. SNG Copenhagen Suppl. 451. Toned EF
Ex Helianthus annuus Collection
Notes
After the Lycian dynast Kheriga’s death, Kherei usurped his throne and expelled the rightful heir Erbbina. On Kherei’s life and career, see P. Thonemann in J. Ma et al. (eds.), Interpreting the Athenian Empire (London 2009), pp. 167-194, and K. Konuk in O. Tekin (ed.), Festschrift E. Bosch (Istanbul 2009), p. 197
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