Lot 1098
Caria, Uncertain mint. Silver Stater (13.96 g), ca. 500-490 BC. Two dolphins leaping right; between, pellet; all within linear square border. Rev. Two rectangular incuses. (SNG von Aulock 2744 (same die and punches, no pellet); CNG 96, lot 500 (same)). Extremely rare with both dolphins to right. One of just three known, the other two lacking the pellet on the obverse. Well struck and bold. Choice very fine. Estimate $5,000UP
Ex CNG 99 (13 May 2015), lot 269.
Like several other early anepigraphic staters featuring a pair of dolphins, this Extremely rare and attractive archaic coin has often been attributed to the obscure city of Poseidion on the island of Karpathos. However, more recent discoveries have shown that this attribution was incorrect and have raised doubts that the city ever even existed! Until new information becomes available we must content ourselves with the present broad attribution to the environs of Caria based on similarities between the reverse punches on this coin and those found on coins from the Carian island of Rhodos.
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| Realized $6,490 |
