Karia Uncertain (BC 500-490) Stater

ca 500-490 BC. AR Stater (19mm, 14.54g). Two dolphins right within linear square border / Two rectangular incuses. VF, toned, light porosity. Extremely rare issue with both dolphins right, only the von Aulock specimen published.

This coinage had originally been attributed to Poseidion on Karpathos, but Cahnâ€™s analysis of the issues bearing an inscription, Ï€os, has conclusively shown that this legend is not an ethnic and cannot point to a mint in Poseidion. It is most likely struck from a mint on the coast of Caria or one of the other mints that used this form of double rectangular incuse: Ialysos, Kamiros, or Lindos.

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Filename:	960005005B15D.jpg
City/Mint name:	Karia Uncertain
Keywords:	silver / archaic
References:	Cahn, Poseidion â€“; cf. HGC 6, 1350â€“1; SNG von Aulock 2744 (same die and punches)
Valuation:	CNG Auc. 96 (5/2014), lot 500 ($7,000 + comm)
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Date added:	May 28, 2015
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