CYPRUS, Marion. Sasmas(?). Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 10.86 g, 4h).Electronic Auction 470 Greek, Silver Sold For $ 140. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYPRUS, Marion. Sasmas(?). Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (23.5mm, 10.86 g, 4h). Lion standing right, licking its right foreleg; [Boiotian shield above], floral pattern in exergue / Phrixos standing left, clinging to the back of a ram advancing left; [M (in Phoenician) below]; all within incuse square. Cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1; cf. SNG Copenhagen 24; CNG E-435, lot 130 (same dies); CNG 432, lot 99 (same dies); CNG E-431, lot 249 (same dies); CNG E-430, lot 186 (same dies). Poorly struck. Fair. Very rare, apparently unpublished in the standard references. |