CYPRUS. Lapethos. Uncertain king, Circa 500-480 BC. Stater (Silver, 23 mm, 10.79 g, 4 h). Head of Aphrodite to right. Rev. Head of Athena to right, wearing Corinthian helmet, within incuse square. ACGC 1092 ( same dies ). Asyut 778. BMC 3 = Traité II 1358. Dikaios 47-57, pl. XIII, 11 ( same dies ). Kagan, Archaic, 46. Tziambazis 47. Very rare. Some traces of pitting and corrosion; very lightly buffed, otherwise, very fine.

From the Trausnitz Collection, ex Hirsch 275, 22 September 2011, 3980 (€4400 plus commission), and previously acquired from Aufhäuser in 1986.