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Stater
| Issuer | Lindos |
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| Year | 475 BC - 460 BC |
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| Technique | Hammered, Incuse |
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| Obverse description | Facing right, a boldly modelled lion's head is depicted in high relief with jaws agape, exposing the teeth in a menacing snarl. The mane is rendered with characteristic archaic stylization, consisting of a broad fan of deeply engraved parallel striations radiating from the nape and cheek. The eye is rendered as a prominent rounded form, and the musculature of the muzzle and jaw is strongly articulated in the early Classical style. The design occupies nearly the full flan, with minimal surrounding field. |
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| Reverse lettering | ΛINΔI |
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Lindos was one of three principal cities of Rhodes before the synoikismos of 408 BC unified them under the new city of Rhodes. This stater predates that unification by half a century, when Lindos still operated as an independent issuing authority with its own monetary tradition. The dating places it squarely within the period of Athenian expansion across the Aegean, when Rhodian cities maintained careful commercial relationships with both Attica and the eastern Greek world.
The BMC Greek reference and De Luynes provenance together suggest a well-documented type with traceable 19th-century collection history.