Islands off Caria, Carpathos.   Stater circa 500-480, AR 13.56g. Two dolphins leaping in opposite directions and third small one swimming r. below; floral symbols in the upper corners. All within a dotted frame within a linear square. Rev. Incuse rectangle, with irregular surface, divided horizontally by a broad band. Jameson 1542. SNG von Aulock 2743 (this obverse die). Cahn, ‘Poseidon on Karpathos?’, NC 1957, pp. 11-12, pl. II, 6-7. Asyut 689ff.
Very rare. Old cabinet tone and good very fine

Ex Leu 7, 1973, 237; Leu 33, 1983, 391; NFA XVI, 1985, 220 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 553 sales.