ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
LINDOS. Stater, about 510-490. AR 13.80 g. Head of lion r. with open mouth, dotted truncation. Rev. Incuse rectangle, divided in two parts by thick bar. H.A. Cahn, Die archaischen Silberstatere von Lindos, in Festschrift für K. Langlotz, Charites 1957, 20, D2 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. III); Boston 258, 2034; Traité pl. XX, 17.
Rare. Old tone. Extremely fine

Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
A. Trampitsch (1890-1975), Paris collection
Vl. Hoffmann (1927-2014), Washington/DC collection
Auction Naville & Cie, Geneva - Ars Classica, Geneva XVI (Lucerne 1933), 1413
Auction J. Vinchon, Paris 13 November 1986 (Monte Carlo), 223
Auction Sotheby's, London 5 July 1995, 73.