Cyprus. Kition . Azbaal circa 449-425 BC.
Stater AR
19mm., 10,95g.
Herakles in fighting stance to right, wearing lion skin upon his back and tied around neck, holding club overhead in right hand and bow extended before him in left hand, monogram or ankh to right / Lion attacking stag crouching right, inscription (in Aramaic) above, all inside dotted border within incuse square.
nearly very fine
Zapiti & Michaelidou 5-6; Tziambazis 17; BMC 16-8.