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Electronic Auction 434  12 Dec 2018
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Lot 122

Estimate: 300 USD
Price realized: 1200 USD
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CYPRUS, Marion. Sasmas. Circa 470-450 BC. AR Stater (21.5mm, 10.98 g, 7h). 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) 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) on left and below], Boiotian shield below (traces visible); 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; CNG E-427, lot 272 (all from the same dies). Fine, test cut on reverse, areas of weak strike. The first coin type of Marion. Very rare, only three in CoinArchives.

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