Lot 3684

Description

Caria, Caunos (Kaunos), uncertain ruler, (c.490-470 B.C.), silver stater, (11.95 g), 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, No.5, [same dies to obv. 5, rev. 3, only one reported, Pl.47], Hyla Troxell "Winged Carians" in Essays Thompson, cf.No.4 [similar dies]). Off centred slightly on the reverse, otherwise good very fine and a very rare pair of dies.

Ex Giessener Munzhandlung Auction Sale 101, 6 March 2000, (lot 1199 part). Lot includes extensive collectors descriptive ticket in a flip.
The attribution of these anonymous archaic coins has been given to Kaunos by Konuk. In a detailed argument on the reading of the Carian script on the later issues of similar type to this archaic issue, the dies used on this coin are however different and earlier than those noted by Konuk.