ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
LINDOS. Stater, about 515-500. AR 13.20 g. Head of lion r. with open mouth, dotted truncation. 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, 19, A9 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. II); J. Ward, Greek Coins and their parent Cities (1902), 113, 706A (this specimen, illustrated in the text); Asyut Hoard 95, 710 (same rev. die).
Rare. Thick flan. Old tone. Sligthly rough surfaces. Obv. Very fine. Rev. Good very fine

Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
John Ward (1832-1912), Belfast collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York collection
Prof. Dr. H. Tronnier (1925-2019), Dortmund collection
Auction Sotheby & Co. AG, Zurich 4 April 1973, 600
Münzen und Medaillen AG, Basel - Fixed Price List 383 (1976), 13
Auction F.R. Künker e.K, Osnabrück 94 (2004), 1195.