★ Among the Finest Known Specimens ★

Cyprus, Marion AR Stater. Sasmas, circa 470-450 BC. Lion standing right, licking its right foreleg; Boiotian shield above, sa-sa-ma-o to-ka-ro-to-sa (Sasmas, son of Doxandros) in Cypriot script across upper field, floral pattern in exergue / Phrixos standing left, clinging to the back of a ram advancing left; ma-ri-eu-se (of Marion) in Cypriot script to left and below, Boiotian shield below; all within incuse square. Zapiti & Michaelidou 1; Tziambazis 50; BMC p. 71, 1 = Traité II 1366; SNG Copenhagen 24; ACGC 1108 = E.S.G. Robinson, "British Museum Acquisitions for the Years 1933-1934" in NC 1936, 45; E.S.G. Robinson, "British Museum Acquisitions for 1930-31" in NC 1932, 10; Kunstfreund 168; Triton XVII, lot 356 = Triton XV, lot 1264 (all from the same obv. die). 11.12g, 23mm, 3h.

Extremely Fine. Extremely Rare, and among the finest known specimens of the type.

From the collection of an antiquarian, Bavaria c. 1960s-1990s.