| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 118 | Auction date: 8 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 623 Price realized: 60 GBP (Approx. 76 USD / 70 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: Lykia, Patara Æ 10mm. Circa 168-30 BC. Laureate head of Apollo to right / [ΠΑΤΑ]ΡΕΩΝ, head of Artemis to left, wearing stephane. BMC 5-8; SNG von Aulock 8492; SNG Copenhagen 114; Weber 7289. 0.79g, 10mm, 1h. Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives. Patara was a flourishing maritime and commercial city on the south-west coast of Lykia. It possessed a harbour, and was said to have been founded by Pataros, son of Apollo (Strabo, Geography, 14.3). Patara was most celebrated in antiquity for its temple and oracle of Apollo Patareus, whose renown was inferior only to that of Delphi. It has been supposed that the town was of Phoenician or Semitic origin, however it seems certain that at a later period it received Dorian settlers from Crete; the worship of Apollo was certainly Dorian. Strabo, the Greek geographer, informs us that Ptolemy Philadelphos of Egypt, who enlarged the city, gave it the name of Arsinoë, but that it nevertheless continued to be called by its ancient name, Patara (Geography 14.3). Estimate: 50 GBP |  |
