Uncertain mint in Caria

Stater, mint B circa 480-460, AR 22 mm, 11.78 g. Young naked winged male figure, with winged heels, in kneeling-running position r., raising his l. hand; Carian monogram above his l. wing. Rev. Lion, its head turned, standing l. on dotted exergual line; above, Carian characters. All within incuse square. E.S.G. Robinson, A Find of Archaic Coins from South-West Asia Minor, NC 1936, p. 268, 10 and pl. XIV (these dies). SNG Lockett 2917 (these dies). Gulbenkian 779 (these dies). Rosen 624 (these dies). SNG von Aulock 2351 (this obverse die). H.A. Troxell, Winged Carians, Essays Thompson p. 263, 41.
Rare. Of excellent style and with a wonderful old cabinet tone,
good very fine / about extremely fine

Ex Leu 7, 1973, 233 and New York XXVII, 2012, Prospero, 535 sales. Previously privately purchased from Spink & Son on 1st January 1984. From the collection of a Man in Love with Art.