450, Lot: 218. Estimate $300. Sold for $525. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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CYPRUS, Marion. Sasmas. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 11.10 g, 7h). Lion standing right, licking its right foreleg; [Boiotian shield above,
sa–sa–ma–o to-ka-ro-to-sa (“Sasmai, son of Doxandros”) in Cypriot across upper field], floral pattern in exergue / Phrixos standing left, clinging to the back of a ram advancing left; M (in Phoenician) below; all within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1 (same dies); Tziambazis 50; SNG Copenhagen 24. Toned, struck off center with worn dies. Near VF. Rare.