Hess Divo

Auction 343  –  25 May 2025

Hess Divo, Auction 343

Ancient and Modern Rarities - The Eberhard W. Kornfeld Collection

Su, 25.05.2025, from 2:00 PM CEST
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Description

ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
LINDOS. Stater, about 500. AR 13.37 g. Head of lion r. with open mouth, dotted truncation; in the lower r. field, lotos flower. Rev. Incuse square, divided in two sunken rectangles by a broad bar. H.A. Cahn, Die archaischen Silberstatere von Lindos, in Festschrift für K. Langlotz, Charites 1957, 21, E1 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. III); SNG von Aulock 2782 (same rev. die).
Very rare variant. Thick flan. Nice old tone. Extremely fine

Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
Dr. A. Binkert (1896-1979), Basel collection
Auction Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel 77 (1992), 128
Auction Leu Numismatik AG, Zurich 71 (1997), 215.

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Price realized 9'250 CHF
Starting price 5'000 CHF
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