Stater - Pheidon

Features

Issuer Kyrene (Kyrenaica)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 322 BC - 313 BC
Value Gold Stater (20)
Currency Drachm
Composition Gold
Weight 8.60 g
Diameter 18.0 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
185784

Obverse

Charioteer, wearing long robes and holding a sceptre in his right hand, driving a team of four horses

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΦΕΙΔΩΝΟΣ

Reverse

Apollo Kitharoidos standing facing, wearing long chiton and laurel wreath, holding kithara in his left hand and pletrum in his right. To left, at his feet, silphium plant and above left, laurel plant

Script: Greek

Lettering: ΚΥΡΑΝΑΙΟΝ

Mint

Cyrene, Cyrenaica, Libya

Comments

Apparently unique and unpublished.

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Past sales

Pictures Sale Date Grade Sold price
Picture 1 of a sold Stater - Pheidon
Nomos AG
Auction 9
Lot 197
Internet Archive
21 Oct 2014 XF USD 58 474.67
(CHF 52 000.00)
(+ buyer's premium)
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