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  [Image]                              Item Sold At Auction #39
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                 Lot Number: 64429
                 Estimate: $400.00
                 Final Sale Price: $374.00
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                 Denomination: Stater
                 Grade: VF
                 Reference: SNG Levante 52; SNG France 196 var




  Cilicia, Soloi. Balakros. 333-323 BC. AR Stater (10.82 gm). Facing bust of Athena,
  wearing triple-crested helmet / Baaltars seated left; grain ear, grapes to left, S
  below. SNG Levante 52; SNG France 196 var. (Corinthian helmet in obverse field). VF.
  Estimate $400.



  Balakros was appointed by Alexander to replace Arsames as satrap of Cilicia, who
  ruled for only the brief period between the withdrawal of Mazaios and the Macedonian
  conquest.





Online auction number 39 closed October 10, 2001.



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