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Auction 18  5 May 2019
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Lot 215

Estimate: 1750 CHF
Price realized: 1400 CHF
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CYPRUS. Paphos. Stasandros, circa 440-425 BC. Stater (Silver, 22 mm, 11.08 g, 10 h). Bull standing to left on line of pellets above a line of bead and reel decoration; above, winged solar disk; to left, ankh; dotted border. Rev. 𐠰𐠨𐠭𐠨 𐠪𐠞 ( = pa-si / sa-ta-sa-to, 'King Stasandros', in Cypriote syllabary). Eagle standing left; to left, ankh; all within dotted border within incuse square. BMC -, but see p. lxix, note 3 and pl. XXI, 9 = Weber 7706. Traité II, 2, 1285, pl, CXXXIII, 24. Very rare, very clear and attractive, with a particularly sharp reverse. Obverse struck from a worn die, otherwise, extremely fine.
From the P.R. Collection, England, acquired in the 1990s.

The obverse die used to strike this coin was previously used by Onasioikos (as in the preceding lot). This shows that the last issues of Onasioikos must have come directly before those of Stasandros.
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