CNG 103, Lot: 329. Estimate $500. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

LYCIA, Uncertain. Circa 520-470/60 BC. AR Stater (18mm, 9.22 g). Head of boar right / Incuse square with lines radiating from center. Falghera –; Reuter –; Traité –; SNG von Aulock –; SNG Copenhagen Supp. –; cf. Rosen 682; cf. NAC P, 1553. VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Extremely rare, possibly unique with this reverse punch.

From the David Wray Collection.

This exact issue is unpublished (the Rosen piece has an obverse of a significantly different style), but the reverse punch type is commonly found on issues with the head of lion obverse (see previous two lots). Moreover, fractions with this obverse type and style were found in the same Lycian hoard that contained staters of the lion-head type (cf. CH VIII, Hoard 11, pls. 1–2).