Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Cyprus, uncertain mint AR Stater. 5th-4th century BC. Recumbent lioness or sphinx with human head(?), within dotted border / Zebu standing right, within square dotted border in shallow incuse square. Unpublished in the standard references; for anonymous issues of similar style and fabric, cf. BMC pl. XXV, 10 and Traité pl. CXXXVI, 7-8. 10.03g, 25mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; seemingly the first recorded example.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
The obverse seems to be inspired by the recumbent male lion staters of Amathos (BMC pl. I, 1-15 and the reverse by the Zebu-like cattle of Paphos, cf. Traité pl. CXXXIV, 3-4.
Very Fine. Extremely Rare; seemingly the first recorded example.
From the inventory of a European dealer.
The obverse seems to be inspired by the recumbent male lion staters of Amathos (BMC pl. I, 1-15 and the reverse by the Zebu-like cattle of Paphos, cf. Traité pl. CXXXIV, 3-4.