★ An extremely rare stater from Kition ★

CYPRUS. Kition. Melekiathon (?), circa 392/1-362 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 10.37 g, 3 h). Herakles in fighting stance right, holding club over his head and bow in his left, lion skin draped over arm. Rev. Lion walking left, head facing; above, star in globe. BM -. Cf. Naumann E-Auction 87 (2020), 218 (obol). E.T. Newell: Some Unpublished Coins of Eastern Dynasts, in: ANSNNM 30 (1926), 1 var. (lion walking right and legend on reverse). Tziambazis -. Extremely rare. Harshly cleaned and the obverse struck slightly off center, otherwise, very fine.

From a European collection, formed before 2005.