CNG 88, Lot: 379. Estimate $500. Sold for $625. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CARIA, Uncertain. Circa 480-460 BC. AR Stater (20mm, 11.74 g, 2h). Mint B. Winged male figure, nude, [with winged heels], in kneeling stance right; [Carian monogram over right wing] / Lion standing left, head right; Carian letters and monogram above; all within incuse square. Cf. Troxell, Winged 41; E.S.G. Robinson, “A Find of Archaic Coins from South-west Asia Minor,” NC 1936, 9 ter. (same dies). VF, toned, struck from worn obverse die. Very rare.