Triton XVII, Lot: 357. Estimate $4000. Sold for $18000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Paphos. Stasandros. Circa 450 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 11.00 g, 11h). Bull standing left; winged solar disk above, ankh to right, palmette ornament in exergue / Eagle standing left; one-handled vase to left, “Basi Stasa” in Cypriot around; all within dotted square in incuse square. Destrooper-Georgiades 15; Tziambazis 7; Traité II 1291 = BMC 17; SNG Copenhagen 26; ACGC 1089. Good VF, toned, obverse a little off center. Very rare.

Ex Triton XV (3 January 2012), lot 1265 (sold for hammer $14,000, but not paid); Hess-Leu [1] (14 April 1954), lot 177.