★ Extremely Rare Dolphin Stater of Lindos ★

ISLANDS off CARIA, Rhodos. Lindos. Circa 500-475 BC. AR Stater (17.5mm, 13.54 g, 6h). Head of roaring lion right / Dolphin swimming right; ΛI-N/ИOIΔ above and below; all within incuse square. Cahn, Archaischen, Group H; HN Online 1462; HGC 6, 1399; SNG Ashmolean 522 = Hamburger 98, lot 825; Kraay & Hirmer 641 = Traité I 781; Kunstfreund 12 = Jameson 2312; Gorny & Mosch 240, lot 241. Find patina, some roughness on obverse. VF. Extremely rare, only four examples published of this issue. This coin adds new dies.