Marium, Samarios (?), 450 BC. Siglos circa 450 BC, AR 11.13 g. sa sa ma o to ka sa to ro in Cypriot characters Lion standing r., licking forepaw: above, double axe. In exergue, spiral ornament. Rev. ma ri e u se in Cypriot characters Nude male figure (Phrixos) hanging ram running l; below, double axe. All within incuse square. Traité II 1366 (uncertain mint) and pl. CXXXVI, 17 (these dies). BMC p. LXXI, 1 (uncertain mint) and pl. XIII, 11 (these dies). Robinson NC 1932, 10, pl. XVI (these dies). Tziambazis 50 (these dies). SNG Copenhagen 24 (these dies).
Very rare and in exceptional condition for the issue. Lovely old cabinet tone, minor
areas of weakness, otherwise good very fine / about extremely fine
Ex Hess-Leu sale 36, 1968, 311.