CYPRUS, Kition. temp. Azbaal – Baalmelek II. Circa 449-400 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.80 g).

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Lot: 299. Estimated: $ 300

Greek, Silver

Sold For $ 500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

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CYPRUS, Kition. temp. Azbaal – Baalmelek II. Circa 449-400 BC. AR Stater (20.5mm, 10.80 g). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand / [Lion attacking stag crouching right; royal name above]; all in dotted square within incuse square. Cf. Zapiti & Michaelidou 5–8 and 11–2 (for type). Overstruck with worn dies on a cut tetradrachm of Athens (the head of Athena is clear on the obverse, owl and ethnic visible on the reverse), stress cracks. Near VF.


Closing Date and Time: 18 May 2022 at 11:39:20 ET.

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