Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Lot 4529 SESSION 13 (Friday 9.30am) Greek Silver & Bronze Coins
Estimate $250
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CARIA, Caunos (Kaunos), Uncertain ruler, (c.490-470 B.C.), silver stater, (11.83 grams), obv. Iris with curved wings and outstretched hands in kneeling-running position to right, rev. rough triangular shape on crude incuse square, (S.-, Koray Konuk "The Early Coinage of Kaunos" in Essays Price, cf.No.14 and 15, [similar dies of obv. 12 and 13 and rev.11, 12, Pl.47, 15, cf.Hyla Troxell "Winged Carians" in Essays Thompson, No.2 [similar dies, Pl.31]). Dumpy flan, fine - nearly very fine and very rare.
The attribution of these anonymous archaic coins has been given to Caunos by Konuk in a detailed argument on the reading of Carian script found on later issues of similar type to this archaic issue.
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