CARIA, Uncertain ('Mint B'). Circa 450 BC. AR Stater (22.5mm, 11.39 g, 12h). Forepart of lion right / Male head left, wearing laurel wreath; dbs | jsb (in Carian) to left, monogram behind neck; all within incuse square. Konuk, Coin M37; Troxell, Winged 45 = M. Thompson, "Some Noteworthy Greek Accessions" in MN XII (1966), 12 (same dies); HN Online 934; SNG Keckman 835 (same dies). Dusty gray toning, light porosity. VF. Extremely rare, one of approximately three known, and the only example not in a public collection.
From the B. G. Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 46 (2 April 2008), lot 877; Triton III (30 November 1999), lot 552.
Price realized | 3'000 USD |
Starting price | 1'500 USD |
Estimate | 2'500 USD |