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Ancient Greek and Roman coins from Asia Minor


Coin ID #1597

Lindos (BC 480) Stater

ca 480 BC. AR Stater (13.93g, 6h). Head of lion with open jaws to R / Incuse square formed of two sunken rectangles with irregular surfaces divided by a broad horizontal band. Very rare. Nicely toned. EF. Ex Giessener Muenzhandlung 36 (4/1987), lot 243.

File information
Filename:image00293.jpg
City/Mint name:Lindos
Rating (4 votes):00000
Keywords:silver / archaic
References:Asyut 707-711 var. BMC 1 = H. Cahn, Die archaischen Silberstatere von Lindos, Charites, Studien zur Altertums-wissenschaft (= Festschrift Langlotz), ed. K. Schauenburg (Bonn, 1957), p. 21 G 1
Valuation:Leu Auc. 81 (5/2001), lot 293 (CHF 8,000 ($4,617) + comm)
Photo courtesy of:Leu Numismatik - www.leu-numismatik.com
Filesize:34 KiB
Date added:May 20, 2005
Dimensions:700 x 343 pixels
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