Overstruck on Aegina Stater

CNG 97, Lot: 274. Estimate $1500. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Paphos. Stasandros. Circa 450 BC. AR Stater (22mm, 10.90 g, 10h). 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. VF, lightly toned, granular surface, a few scuffs and scratches. Overstruck on a stater of Aegina (traces of skew pattern visible on obverse). Very rare.