Karia Uncertain (BC 500-480) Stater

ca 500-480 BC. AR Stater (10.82g). Lion's head left with foreleg below / Dipartite incuse square, parted diagonally. Struck from rusty dies. VF.

Attributed to Issos in Kilikia in earlier times, the obverse type is clearly reminiscent of Karian coins (cf. SNG Kayhan 929-30). In fact, B. Head had pondered Knidos as the place of minting (Historia Numorum, 1st ed. 1886), p. 523 note). This is certainly wrong - both the standard and the fabric are different - but Karia is still likely to be the area of this issue.

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City/Mint name:	Karia Uncertain
Keywords:	silver / archaic
References:	BM Cilicia pl. 15, 1= Traite II 1, col. 915, pl. 25, 19; H. Greenwell, NC (1897), pp. 280 f. pl. 14, 7
Valuation:	Gemini Auc. VI (1/2010), lot 210 ($1,000 + comm)
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