ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Lindos. Circa 500-475 BC. AR Stater (17.5mm, 12.98 g, 6h). VF.

CNG Feature Auction 124
Lot: 226. Estimated: $ 10 000

Greek, Coin-in-Hand Video, Silver

Sold For $ 15 000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Lindos. Circa 500-475 BC. AR Stater (17.5mm, 12.98 g, 6h). Head of roaring lion right / Dolphin swimming right; ΛI-N/ИOIΔ above and below; all within incuse square. Cahn, Archaischen, Group H; HN Online 1462; HGC 6, 1399; SNG Ashmolean 522 = Hamburger 98, lot 825; Kraay & Hirmer 641 = Traité I 781; Kunstfreund 12 = Jameson 2312; Gorny & Mosch 240, lot 241. Find patina, some roughness on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only four examples published of this issue.

Ex Classical Numismatic Review XLV.2 (Summer 2020), no. 531643; Triton XXIII (14 January 2020), lot 438.


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