Unpublished Cilician Stater

431, Lot: 244. Estimate $200. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CILICIA, Uncertain. Circa 450-385 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 10.41 g, 3h). Persian king standing right, preparing to thrust dagger into the belly of a lion he holds up by the neck before him / Bull standing left, head right, in dotted square within incuse square. Unpublished. Fine, struck with worn dies. Extremely rare, possibly unique.