Sale: CNG 76, Lot: 762. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 12 September 2007.  Sold For $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Idalion. Uncertain king. Circa 470-460 BC. AR Stater (10.51 g, 4h). Sphinx seated left, raising forepaw; Cypriot letters around (most off flan) / Lotus flower; ivy leaf to left, astragalos to right. Tziambazis 43 = BMC 10; SNG Copenhagen -. VF, toned, some corrosion. Very rare.

From the Christopher Morcom Collection.