Watch List notes:

Cyprus, Marion AR Stater. Sasmas, circa 470-450 BC. Lion standing right, licking its right foreleg [Boiotian shield above], Cypriot script ['sa-sa-ma-o to-ka-ro-to-sa' (Sasmas, son of Doxandros) across upper field], floral pattern in exergue / Phrixos standing left, clinging to the back of a ram advancing left; Cypriot script 'ma-ri-eu-se' (of Marion) on left and below (only traces visible), 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 dies). 11.04g, 25mm, 1h.

Good Fine. Extremely Rare; only three other examples on CoinArchives.

From a private German collection, outside of Cyprus prior to December 1992.