437, Lot: 157. Estimate $150. Sold for $475. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

CYPRUS, Kition. Baalmelek I. Circa 479-449 BC. AR Stater (21mm, 11.22 g, 10h). Herakles, wearing lion skin, in fighting stance right, holding club overhead in right hand, bow extended before him in left hand / Lion seated right, jaws open; all within dotted incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1; SNG Copenhagen 5-6; BMC Cyprus 2-6. Fine, worn obverse die, test cut on reverse.