Unusual Salamis Stater

165, Lot: 51. Estimate $200. Sold for $260. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Salamis. Gorgos. Circa 500-480 BC. AR Stater (27mm, 11.09 g). Ram reclining left; Cypriot legend above and below / Ankh in incuse square with florets in corners. BMC Cyprus p. 50, 4. Fine. Partially flattened by an overstrike; unidentified type with figure running right holding aloft an uncertain object, possibly a Herakles type from Kition.