ISLANDS OFF CARIA.
LINDOS. Stater, about 515-500. AR 13.74 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 (same dies); Asyut Hoard 95, 710 (this specimen, illustrated on pl. XXVI); Boston 258, 2034 (same dies).
Rare. Thick flan. Test cut on obv. Rev. slightly corroded. Very fine
Provenance:
Eberhard W. Kornfeld (1923-2023), Bern collection
From the Asyut 1969 Hoard (IGCH 1644)
Auction (Mail Bid Sale) Numismatic Fine Arts, Los Angeles XXXI (18 March 1993), 240.