Featured Lycian Dynasts

Discussion in 'Ancient Coins' started by dougsmit, Oct 31, 2018.

  1. Valentinian

    Valentinian Well-Known Member

    There are some Lycian designs with four arms to make a tetraskeles:

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    Lycian Dynast Teththiweibi [What a name to infer from so little on the coin!], 3rd quarter of the 5th C. B,C. 19-17 mm. Thick. 8.92 grams.
    Head of goddess (Aphrodite?) left
    tetraskeles in incuse square

    Sear Greek 5207. BMC Lucia 91 "c. 480-460 B.C."

    Here is a triskeles like the four(!) of @iamtiberius .

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    20-19 mm. 9.80 grams.
    c. 480/70 - 430 B.C."
    SNG von Aulock (same dies) 4089 "c. 500-440 B.C."
    BMC Lydia 122 "c. 405-305 B.C."

    Here is a small triskeles:

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    13-10 mm. diobol. 1.17 grams.
    Forepart of lion right, head turned back
    c. 470-440 B.C.

    Sear Greek --. BMC Lycia 64. SNG von Aulock 8479 is similar.
     
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  3. dougsmit

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    The 4000 with many sold in large lots suggests a recently released find but says nothing about the number. It could be 40,000. Judging from what we have seen, there could be many thousands of decidedly terrible coins that will seem hard to find adoptive homes for. There is a point where everyone who wants one already has two. When the coin is universally popular like the Athenian owl, there will be a demand from non-collectors but what is the eventual fate of a few thousand poorly struck, off center, no special interest minor type coins from a civilization of which many collectors have never heard before? We have a few in our number that might enjoy a hundred factory thirds as a group but how much cash are we willing to tie up on something like this. The best ones and half decent average coins are easy to market. The rest?
     
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