248, Lot: 159. Estimate $200. Sold for $190. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Kranaos. Circa 300-280 BC. Æ (12mm, 1.36 g, 6h). Head of Helios facing slightly right / KPAN, grape cluster; crayfish to left. Walker, “A New Mint in Caria,” SM 112 (November 1978), pp. 86-8; Anson III 579 (Kranae). VF, green patina. Rare - only one other in CoinArchives.

From the TJH Collection. Ex David Freedman Collection (Classical Numismatic Group E-64, 7 May 2003), lot 125 (attributed to Kranae).

Formerly attributed to the island of Kranae, off the coast of Laconia. Walker cites four examples found in Caria and the island of Rhodes, prompting the new identification.