★ Rare left facing Stater of Kaunos ★

Caria. Kaunos circa 490-470 BC.
Stater AR

18 mm, 11,65 g

Winged female figure in kneeling-running stance right, head left / Crude rectangular object (baetyl?) within incuse square.

Very Fine

Konuk Period 1, 8 (O8/R6); HN Online 217; BMC 3 (same dies).

These left facing Staters of Kaunos are much rarer than the traditional ones. This example is quite pleasing for this somewhat mysterious issue.