ISLANDS OFF CARIA. Karpathos. Poseidion. Circa 500-450 BC. Stater (Silver, 19 mm, 13.89 g, 12 h), c. 450. Two large dolphins leaping in opposing directions: the upper one to right and the lower to left; below the lower dolphin, small dolphin leaping to right; all within square, dotted border with a floral ornament in each internal angle. Rev. Two parallel incuse rectangles with irregular fields. Stephanaki, Kairos, 46-47 (D12/R15). Cf. Asyut 689-691 and BMFA 2010. Triton XVIII, 2015, 672 (same dies). Rare. Struck from a very worn obverse die, otherwise, very fine.

Ex Nomos 18, 5 May 2019, 167.