CNG 90, Lot: 653. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Kition. Pumiathon. Circa 362-312 BC. AV Hemistater (12mm, 4.11 g, 6h). Dated RY 8 (355/4 BC). Herakles advancing right, holding club, bow, and arrow, lion skin draped over arm; ankh to right / Lion right, biting into the back of a stag recumbent right; ‹‹‹‹‹‹‹‹ (8 = date) to right. D-G 6-16 (unlisted dies); Tziambazis 36; BMC 75–8 var. (date); DCA 819. Near VF, a little off center, typical compact flan. Rare, and the only example with the year 8 date fully visible.