Kaunos (BC 460) Stater

ca 460 BC. AR Stater (11.81g). Nude male figure advancing right in running-kneeling position; wings at shoulders and heels, Karian letter above / Karian legend ('ZMB' retrograde), lion walking left, head reverted, one paw raised; within square dotted border inside incuse square. Very rare. Obverse flatly struck, otherwise good VF. Gerson Coll.

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Filename:	image00211.jpg
City/Mint name:	Kaunos
Keywords:	silver / classical
References:	Rosen Coll. 624; SNG Kayhan 977; H. Troxell, Essays Thompson p. 263, 42, pl. 31 var. (deity running left)
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 211 ($4,000 + comm)
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Date added:	Jan 23, 2010
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