Sale: Triton VIII, Lot: 476. Estimate $3000.  Closing Date: Monday, 10 January 2005.  Sold For $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Lindos. Circa 515/0-485 BC. AR Stater (13.82 gm). Lion head right with gaping jaws / Rectangular incuse divided by thick central band. Cahn, Lindos, Group D; SNG Helsinki 352; cf. Asyut 707; cf. Traité pl. XX, 17; BMC Caria pg. 228, 1; cf. SNG Copenhagen Supp. 356; cf. SNG von Aulock 2782. Good VF, obverse struck a little softly. Excellent metal for issue. Rare. ($3000)

From the Garth R. Drewry Collection. Ex Irving Goodman Collection (Superior Galleries, 2-4 June 1996), lot 1640.