CILICIA. Mallos. Circa 425-400 BC. 1/3 Stater (Silver, 15 mm, 3.26 g, 3 h). ΔΙΟΝ Dionysos, bearded and holding kantharos in his right hand, reclining left on the back of a donkey walking to right. Rev. M - A Winged female goddess (Nike?) advancing right and holding a band passing around the horns of a bull springing right; all within shallow incuse square. Gorny & Mosch E-Auction 267 (2019), 3027 corr. (misdescribed as Incertum of Sicily). W. Müseler, Between Mesopotamia and Greece: Cultural influences in Cilician coin-iconography from the late 5th to the early 4th century BC, in: Gephyra 22 (2021), -. SNG Levante -. SNG Paris -. SNG von Aulock -. Extremely rare, apparently the second known example. A beautiful piece with highly interesting iconography. Somewhat granular and with a test cut on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine.