448, Lot: 180. Estimate $750. Sold for $850. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain Southern Mint. 5th century BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.68 g, 6h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. CNG E-435, lot 125 (same dies); CNG 109, lot 190 (same dies); Roma XVI, lot 326 (Tarsos; same dies); otherwise unpublished. Some weakness to strike. VF. Very rare.

This issue is also known as an undertype on a stater of Aspendos: CNG E-432, lot 82.