ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
LINDOS. Stater, about 510-490. AR 13.84 g. Head of lion r. with open mouth, dotted truncation. Rev. Incuse square, divided in two sunken rectangles by a broad bar, faintly inscribed with the ethnic IΔΝIΛ. H.A. Cahn, Die archaischen Silberstatere von Lindos, in Festschrift für K. Langlotz, Charites 1957, 21, G1 (same obv. die); Asyut Hoard 95, 710: BMC 228, 1 (same obv. die); SNG Keckman I, 353 (same dies).
The Cover Coin of this Catalogue.
Rare. Thick flan. Extremely fine

Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
R. Abecassis (1905-1977), Lisbon collection
Auction Giessener Münzhandlung Dieter Gorny GmbH, Munich 36 (1987), 243
Auction Leu Numismatics Ltd., Zurich 81 (2001), 293.