449, Lot: 194. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ASIA MINOR, Uncertain Southern Mint. 5th century BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.67 g, 12h). Crenelated city wall with three towers / Forepart of bull advancing right; monogram to lower right; all within incuse square. CNG E-448, lot 180, CNG E-435, lot 125 (same dies); CNG 109, lot 190 (same dies); Roma XVI, lot 326 (Tarsos; same dies); otherwise unpublished. Toned. VF. Well centered. Very rare.

This issue is also known as an undertype on a stater of Aspendos: CNG E-432, lot 82.