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CARIA, Uncertain ('Mint G'). Circa 490-470 BC. AR Hemistater (15mm, 5.85 g, 3h). Aeginetic standard. Forepart of winged man-headed bull left / Head of female left in dotted square border within incuse square. Konuk, Orou 1.1; cf. SNG Ashmolean 349–50; SNG Copenhagen –. Near VF, toned, struck with worn obverse die. Very rare.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
Konuk's comprehensive investigation of the coinage of the heretofore-called "Uvug" conclusively shows that metrologically, stylistically, and linguistically, it belongs to Caria, not Lycia. Although the particular mint is unknown, it is likely a town situated near the valley of the Indos River. The series begins with the anepigraphic issues, which comprise a wide range of denominations, from hemistaters to sixteenth-staters struck on the Aeginetan standard. Hoard analysis allows a confident dating of these coins to circa 490-470 BC, which probably comprise a civic series, as the issues signed Orou (in Carian) were struck a little bit later, circa 450-400 BC. Konuk surmises that Orou was a local dynast who ruled over this town in the second half of the fifth century BC.
From the estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
Konuk's comprehensive investigation of the coinage of the heretofore-called "Uvug" conclusively shows that metrologically, stylistically, and linguistically, it belongs to Caria, not Lycia. Although the particular mint is unknown, it is likely a town situated near the valley of the Indos River. The series begins with the anepigraphic issues, which comprise a wide range of denominations, from hemistaters to sixteenth-staters struck on the Aeginetan standard. Hoard analysis allows a confident dating of these coins to circa 490-470 BC, which probably comprise a civic series, as the issues signed Orou (in Carian) were struck a little bit later, circa 450-400 BC. Konuk surmises that Orou was a local dynast who ruled over this town in the second half of the fifth century BC.