★ An artistic facing head of Apollo ★

SATRAPS OF CARIA. Pixodaros, circa 341/0-336/5 BC. Didrachm (Silver, 20 mm, 6.94 g, 12 h), Halikarnassos. Laureate head of Apollo facing slightly to right, drapery below. Rev. ΠIΞΩΔAΡOΥ Zeus Labraundos standing right, holding long scepter in his left hand and double-axe over his right shoulder. De Luynes 2916 = Traitée II, 112, pl. XCI, 1 ( same obverse die ). SNG von Aulock 2375-2376. A wonderful example with a particularly artistic facing head of Apollo. Good extremely fine.

From the Kleinkunst Collection, ex Leu 54, 28 April 1992, 144.

Pixodaros assumed power in circa 341/0 BC by overthrowing his sister Ada, making him the last of the five children of Hekatomnos to become Satrap of Caria. However, he died shortly before the arrival of Alexander 'the Great' in Asia Minor, who reinstalled Ada to power after she had demonstratively adopted the Macedonian King upon his arrival in 334 BC.