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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ryan McVay, post: 8254636, member: 117904&quot;]When I first started my ancient coin collection my first few attempts were to buy these cool-looking coins with a female winged figure with antennae protruding from her head. The obverse of the coins had a griffin. One of my first posts on the forum was about those coins and primarily the knobs on the heads of the griffin. It&#039;s a good thread to refer back to.</p><p>Anyway, I was watching a recent auction and noticed that two of the &quot;Winged Carian&quot; coins were on the block. The first was a nicely detailed 1/16 Tritartemoria at 0.6g. Nice coin but missing the antennae/scrolls. This sold for a decent amount and way over my budget at 300Euro + 15% Then the next lot came up and it was a slightly heavier weight but the obverse was clearly struck from a worn die. But the only part of the design missing was one winged foot. ( See image below.) I was surprised to see little action on this coin. So I waited and then did a &quot;what the heck&quot; and bid one time. Well, needless to say, I was thrilled to land this for under 50Euro!</p><p>I&#039;ve done my research and it appears that dies were used across smaller denominations. My example (at 0.67g) appears to be one of those types. But I need some help from someone that might have a printed copy of Konuk&#039;s article, <i>The Early Coinage of Kaunos</i>. I have a digital version but the details of the smallest fractions are lost. So, for me, it is impossible to attribute my dies to the proper Konuk numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=101886" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.acsearch.info/search.html?id=101886" rel="nofollow">Here&#039;s a link to 2002 auction.</a> The smallest denomination 1/32 stater is the die set that is used for my heavier coin. CNG does attribute this but still questions the Konuk number. I feel there is a lot of guessing going on by collectors and dealers when it comes to matching these coins to Konuk numbers.</p><p><br /></p><p>So, if anyone can help me to identify which Konuk number my coin actually is or help confirm that the die pair is not listed that would be greatly appreciated! See my coin below. The Edward Scissorhands should help match the obv.</p><p>I&#039;m thinking this is a Konuk 65.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1455100[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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