Kaunos (BC 470) Stater

ca 470 BC. AR Stater (11.76g, 7h). Nude winged male running right on ground line, knees bent, monogram above / Lion left, head turned back, paw raised; between lip and tail point monogram; Carian letters (ZMB retrograde) above; all in deep incuse square. Rare. Light toning, VF-aEF.

From the Carian Fund of 1932 (IGCH 1180). Ex Naville - Ars Classica, Auktion XVII (10/1934, Luzern), lot 585; Ex R. C. Lockett, Glendining & Co., Auction 21 (2/1961) Greek Coins IV (London), lot 2392; Ex A. Hess AG - Bank Leu & Co. AG, Auction 31 (12/1966, Luzern), lot 458; Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Auction 54 (4/1992, Zurich), lot 139.

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Filename:	00138q00.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kaunos
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Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Babelon, Traite I, 891 var. and pl. XXIV, 18; E. S. Robinson, A Find of Archaic Coins from South-West Asia Minor, NC 1936, S. 268, 10 (this coin cited); SNG Lockett 2917 (this coin); Rosen 624 (same dies); Troxell, Winged Carians, S. 263, 41
Valuation:	Lanz Auc. 106 (11/2001), lot 138 (DM 6,000 ($2,724) + comm)
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